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The Salah Bey Viaduct ( ar, جسر صالح باي), is a
cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...
that spans the
gorge A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to c ...
valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
of the
Rhumel River The Rhumel River (also Rhummel, Rummel, El-Kebîrl; Arabic: وادي الرمال) is the largest river in the Constantine region of Algeria. Geography The source of the Rhumel river is in the Ferdjioua (Mila) mountains. From there it meanders t ...
in
Constantine Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given nam ...
, North East
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is named after Salah Bey whose rule of the city (1771-1797) 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.


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 Salah Bey was extended and connected with the A1
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by two sides (North and South ).


Inauguration

The Salah Bey Bridge was inaugurated on July 26, 2014, by Prime Minister
Abdelmalek Sellal Abdelmalek Sellal ( ar, عبد المالك سلال, ʿAbd al-Mālik Silāl; born 1 August 1948) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 3 September 2012 to 13 March 2014 when he took a leave of office to support Presiden ...
, named after the governor of Constantine Salah Bey from 1771 to 1792.


See also

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List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans This list ranks the world's Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main Span (engineering), span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. ...
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List of bridges by length This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support. '' Note: There is no standard way to measure the total l ...
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List of highest bridges in the world A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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List of tallest bridges in the world This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the br ...
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Pont de Normandie The ''Pont de Normandie'' ( en, Normandy Bridge) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is – between the two piers. It is also the last bridge to ...
* Baluarte Bridge *
Sidi Rached Viaduct The Sidi Rached Viaduct ( ar, جسر سيدي راشد), The Sidi Rached bridge is a road viaduct that crosses the Rhummel gorges and connects the Coudiat district (city center) to Constantine Train station. It was built in Constantine in French Al ...
* Bab El Kantra Bridge *
Sidi M'Cid Bridge Sidi M'Cid Bridge is a 164 m long suspension bridge across the Rhumel River in Constantine, Algeria. It was opened to traffic in April 1912 and until 1929 was the highest bridge in the world at 175 m. The bridge was designed by French engineer Fer ...
* Mellah Slimane Bridge


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* {{Public infrastructure topics Viaducts Cable-stayed bridges in Algeria High-tech architecture Viaducts in Algeria Landmarks in Algeria Buildings and structures in Constantine Province Transport in Constantine, Algeria Bridges completed in 2014 Bridges in Constantine, Algeria 21st-century architecture in Algeria