Salah Bey Viaduct

The Salah Bey Viaduct (Arabic: جسر صالح باي), is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Rhumel River in Constantine, North East Algeria is named after Salah Bey whose rule of the city (1771-1792) was marked by major urban works, This viaduct is already considered the "eighth wonder" of the city with seven bridges. With a length of 1119m, the viaduct has a futuristic design, which modernized the urban configuration of the city.

Salah Bey Viaduct
Coordinates	36°21′26″N 06°36′51″E
Crosses	Gorge valley of the Rhumel River
Locale	Constantine, Algeria[1]
Official name	جسر صالح باي
Other name(s)	Viaduc Salah Bey
Maintained by	Direction Des Travaux Publics de la wilaya de Constantine
Characteristics
Design	Multiple-span cable-stayed viaduct bridge[1]
Material	Concrete, steel
Total length	1,119 m (3,671 ft)[1]
Width	27.34 m (89.7 ft)[1]
Height	130 m (430 ft) (max pylon above ground)[1]
Longest span	245 m (804 ft)[1]
No. of spans	204 m (669 ft)[1]
Piers in water	80 m (260 ft)[1]
Clearance below	270 m (890 ft)[1]
Design life	120 years
History
Designer	COWI A/S, Engineering; Dissing+Weitling, Architect and Design/Build consultant [1]
Constructed by	Andrade Gutierrez[1]
Construction start	15 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-15)[1]
Opened	26 July 2014 @ 09:00 hrs[1]
Inaugurated	16 April 2014; 11 years ago (2014-04-16)[1]
Statistics
Toll	Free
Location

Characteristics

The Salah Bey Viaduct is the eighth bridge in Constantine, the longest with 756 meters for the main viaduct and 4.3 kilometers, counting the connections and accesses. Resting on eight shrouds and culminating at 130 meters.

Connections

The viaduct is connected to the East–West Highway from three sides, from the south via the N5, from the east via the N3, and from the north via the Djebel El Ouahch area, where road widening works were undertaken and a tunnel was built to facilitate access.

Inauguration

The Salah Bey Viaduct was inaugurated on July 26, 2014, by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal,^[2] named after the governor of Constantine Salah Bey from 1771 to 1792.

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  Inauguration Plaque
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  Side view of the Viaduct

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• Roads portal
• Architecture portal

• List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
• List of bridges by length
• List of highest bridges in the world
• List of tallest bridges in the world
• Pont de Normandie
• Baluarte Bridge
• Sidi Rached Viaduct
• Bab El Kantra Bridge
• Sidi M'Cid Bridge
• Mellah Slimane Bridge