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The Al-Sarafiya Bridge (Arabic: جسر الصرافية) crosses the River Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in the 1940s [ 1 ] or 1950s [ 2 ] and connected the two northern Baghdad neighborhoods of Waziriyah and Utafiyah .
[15] [16] The Al-Sarafiya bridge was destroyed when an abandoned truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007. [17] At least 10 people were killed and 26 injured, though there were reports of 20 more trapped in cars that had gone off the bridge. [18]
Al-Sarafiya Bridge; C. Cizre Bridge; D. Dicle Bridge; F. Fifth Bridge; O. Old Bridge, Hasankeyf This page was last edited on 10 November 2009, at 08:39 (UTC). Text is ...
Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah (Arabic: الوزيرية) [1] is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge , across the Tigris River from Utafiyah .
1929 – Al-Maktabatil Aammah (public library) active. 1931 – Strike. [30] 1936 – Military coup. [9] 1940 – Iraqi Music Institute inaugurated. [31] 1941 - Iraqi coup d'état in Baghdad, World War II; 1941 May: Anglo-Iraqi War. [32] June: Farhud (pogrom against Jews). 1944 – Baghdad Symphony Orchestra founded. 1946 – Al-Sarafiya bridge ...
The Freedom Monument (Nasb al-Hurriyah), a work by architect Rifat Chadirji and sculptor Jawad Saleem is Baghdad's most iconic work, and is situated in Liberation Square. [3] The sculpture of Shahriyar and Scheherazade by sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat , situated on the banks of the Tigris River near Abu Nuwas Street, is another example of ...
ADNEC Group is a company which owns and operates the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, the largest exhibition venue in the Middle East.It is an international venue development and business management company, overseeing the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, ExCeL London, the ADNEC Centre Al Ain, Capital Gate, Aloft Abu Dhabi, Aloft London ExCeL, DoubleTree By Hilton London ExCel, Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island Abu ...
The oldest wooden bridge in Sweden, from 1737. Lidingöbron, 997 m. There was a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) bridge there already 1802. Öland bridge, 6,072 m; Öresund Bridge, from Sweden to Denmark. 7,845 m (of which 5,300 m in Sweden. 490 m span) Tjörnbron Bridge, 664 m (366 m span) Uddevalla Bridge, 1,712 m (414 m span)