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Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge جسر دير الزور المعلق
Deir ez-Zor bridge, with suspension cables and Euphrates
Coordinates	35°20′42″N 40°09′04″E / 35.34500°N 40.15111°E / 35.34500; 40.15111
Crossed	Euphrates river
Locale	Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Characteristics
Design	Suspension
Total length	500 m (1,600 ft)
Height	36 m (118 ft)
Longest span	105 m (344 ft)
No. of spans	4
History
Construction end	1927
Collapsed	2013 (destroyed)
Location

The Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge (Arabic: جسر دير الزور المعلق) was a pedestrian suspension bridge crossing the Euphrates River, in the city of Deir ez-Zor in north-eastern Syria.

The former footbridge connected, across the Euphrates River, the Levant region and the main section of the city on the southern bank, with Upper Mesopotamia region and the eastern section of the city on the northern bank.

History

The iron/steel pedestrian bridge was built in 1927, by the French construction company Fougerolle (then-under Le Soliditit Françs), during the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon period (1920−1941).

The Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge was destroyed in May 2013, from shelling by Syrian Army forces during the Syrian Civil War.

After the suspension bridge was destroyed, the Siyasiyeh Bridge became the last entry route across the Euphrates to the western section of the city and the adjoining province of Hasakeh. However the locally renamed "bridge of death" was sufficiently dangerous to attacks that only one vehicle could speed across the bridge at a time during night time darkness. It was destroyed in May 2013, being blown up as a result of the battle between the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and the Syrian Army.

See also

• Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–14)
• Battle of Deir ez-Zor – in 1941, during World War II

References

1. Allawy, Firas. "River of Blood". Aljumhuriya.net. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
2. Syria Deeply.org: Covering the Crisis blog — "Crossing the Bridge of Death in Deir Ezzor"; 15 November 2013; accessed 24 August 2015.
3. "Deir Ezzor suspension bridge was built by the French and destroyed by the Assad regime". deirezzor24.net. 31 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Deir ez-Zor Suspension Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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