Tabriz Cable Bridge

Tabriz Cable Bridge
پل کابلی تبریز
Coordinates 38°01′51″N 46°12′37″E / 38.0309°N 46.2103°E / 38.0309; 46.2103Coordinates: 38°01′51″N 46°12′37″E / 38.0309°N 46.2103°E / 38.0309; 46.2103
Locale Tabriz, Iran
Other name(s) Ettehad-e Melli
Owner Municipality of Tabriz
Maintained by Municipality of Tabriz
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridges
Material Concrete
Total length 113 m (371 ft)
Width 32 m (105 ft)
History
Engineering design by Iranian and French firms
Constructed by  Iran and  France
Construction begin 2003
Construction end 2007
Construction cost 75 million dollars
Inaugurated 2007
Opened 2007
Tabriz Cable Bridge
Location in Iran

Tabriz Cable Bridge (Persian: پل کابلی تبریز), officially calls Ettehad-e-Melli (National Unity), is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by 29 Bahman Metro Station at the eastern entrance of Tabriz, capital of East Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is the biggest cable-stayed bridge in Iran with a total length of 113 meters and width of 32 meters.[1]

Workers on the middle pier of an inchoate hanging cable bridge in Tabriz, Iran

References

  1. "بزرگترین پل كابلی ایران(تبریز)". memarinews. 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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