Kober Bridge (, Kubri Kūbir) is a bridge for road traffic that links the neighbourhood of al-Riadh in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan.
Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...
with
Kafouri in the industrial city
Khartoum North
Khartoum North, or Khartoum Bahri or simply Bahri (), is a city in Khartoum State, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. It has a population of 1,012,211 people, making it the third-largest city proper in Sudan, behind the ...
across the
Blue Nile
The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major Tributary, tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the wa ...
in central
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
. Named after the adjacent neighbourhood ''Kober'' (from Cooper, the first director of
Kober prison at the beginning of the 1900s) in Khartoum North, it is also called "Armed Forces Bridge" and was opened on 23 October 2014.
References
Bridges in Sudan
Buildings and structures in Khartoum
Khartoum North
Bridges completed in 2014
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