GHARMAT ALI BRIDGE NEAR BASRA, IRAQ

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Country: Iraq

 

Built on the main road Damascus - Baghdad - Kuwait near the town of Basra. Overall length 412 m, 11 spans. One road lane is 12.5 m wide. Top structure made of 154 pre-stressed I beams, 50 tons each. Foundation of 100 piles 1.10 m in diameter driven into 32 m depth.