Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge

Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge
Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge
جسر دير الزور المعلق
Crosses Euphrates river
Locale Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Design Suspension
Total length 500 m (1,600 ft)
Height 36 m (118 ft)
Longest span 105 m (344 ft)
Number of spans 4
Construction end 1927

Coordinates: 35°20′42″N 40°09′04″E / 35.345°N 40.15111°E / 35.345; 40.15111 The Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge (Arabic: جسر دير الزور المعلق‎) is a suspension bridge in the city of Deir ez-Zor in north-eastern Syria and was built by the French construction company Fougerolle (then-under Le Soliditit Françs) in 1927. It crosses the Euphrates river and connects the Levant with Upper Mesopotamia

Coordinates: 35°20′42″N 40°09′04″E / 35.345°N 40.15111°E / 35.345; 40.15111


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