Shambat Bridge - Wikipedia

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The Shambat Bridge was a bridge in Sudan which crossed the Nile connecting Omdurman to Khartoum North.

History

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The bridge was built from 1963 to 1966 by the Italian company Recchi.^[1] It was the first prestressed concrete bridge built abroad by an Italian company.^[2]

On 11 November 2023, the bridge was destroyed amid intense fighting in the Battle of Khartoum.^[3] The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blamed each other for its destruction.^[4]

References

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^ "BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NILE IN KHARTOUM". Recchi.
^ Gianluca Capurso, Francesca Martire (15 January 2018), Tullia Iori, Sergio Poretti (ed.), "Cantieri nel vuoto; viadotti in cerca d'autore", Storia dell'ingegneria Strutturale in Italia – SIXXI 4: Twentieth Century Structural Engineering: The Italian Contribution, Rom: Gangemi Editore, p. 103, ISBN 978-88-492-4934-7
^ "Sudan fighting destroys strategic Shambat Bridge in Khartoum". Al Arabiya. 11 November 2023.
^ SudanTribune (2023-11-11). "Sudanese army accuses RSF of destroying strategic bridge in the capital". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2023-11-11.

15°38′39″N 32°30′24″E / 15.64417°N 32.50667°E / 15.64417; 32.50667

v t e Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
Belligerents	RSF Hemedti SAF al-Burhan SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) Abdelaziz al-Hilu SLM (Tambour faction) Mustafa Tambour Popular Resistance PDF Al-Bara' ibn Malik Battalion AWB Darfur Joint Protection Force Tamazuj Tagadum
Battles	Khartoum Khartoum Airport Darfur campaign Geneina Nyala El Fasher UNSC Resolution 2736 Zalingei Kutum Kabkabiya El Obeid Kadugli Merowe Airport Wad Madani Babanusa Sennar Dinder Dilling
War crimes	May 2023 Mayo shelling Masalit massacres Misterei massacre Ardamata massacre Kutum Hospital airstrike Wad Al-Noora massacre Galgani massacre October 2024 civilian airstrikes 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
Humanitarian crisis	Famine Zamzam camp Refugee crisis Forced deportation of Eritreans Evacuation of foreign nationals France [fr] India Germany Local humanitarian groups ERRs SDU
Damaged infrastructure	Chevrelet Shambat Bridge Sudan Central Bank Aircraft at Khartoum airport NTC Tower Laboratory crisis
Related	Timeline 2023 2024 Attempted assassination of al-Burhan Treaty of Jeddah (2023) 2023 Foro Baranga clashes Sudanese transition to democracy (2019–2021)
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