Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge

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Euphrates

The suspension bridge at Deir ez- Zor (Arabic جسر دير الزور المعلق ) is a pedestrian bridge over the Euphrates at Deir ez- Zor in Syria.

It is commonly referred to as a suspension bridge, but this actually is a cable-stayed bridge to the system of Albert Gisclard, which was further developed after the death of Gaston Le Cocq Leinenkugel. Significantly, the obliquely to the other half of the bridge deck of the pylons stretched ropes that overlap just above the bridge deck, where they form the characteristic of the system nodes. It should be the last bridge of this genus by the Pont de Lézardrieux.

The 460 m long bridge has four pylons, two on the shore and two of which are on small river islands. They form three equal spans with spans of 112 m. The outer tips of the pylons are connected to the influence to compensate over the bridge moving loads by horizontal compensating ropes ( câble d' équilibre ).

It was built in 1927 during the French mandate over Syria by the construction company Fougerolle and was then in the place the only bridge over the Euphrates. After the construction of a modern road bridge 600 m downstream it was used only as a pedestrian bridge.

It was destroyed in the Syrian civil war in early May 2013.