Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing

The overhead line crossing of the Suez Canal consists of two 221 -meter-high, constructed as a steel truss structures supporting poles about eight kilometers north of the channel mouth in Port Taufiq at Sue's. They are equipped with three runners for the reception of six conductor cables for 500 kV and was built in 1998.

Moreover, these towers still hold sub- beams with the conductor cables a fourth Traverse to catch swooping overhead conductors in the case of insulator breakdown.

Despite the small span of 600 meters high masts were such necessary because vessel traffic with a maximum height of 68 m on the Suez Canal a drive-through height of 150 meters is required.

29.99638888888932.583333333333Koordinaten: 29 ° 59 ' 47 " N, 32 ° 35' 0" E

  • Overhead line crossing
  • Building in Egypt
  • Suez Canal
  • Built in the 1990s
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