Al-Sarafiya Bridge

Bridge

33°21′13″N 44°22′22″E / 33.35361°N 44.37278°E / 33.35361; 44.37278HistoryRebuilt27 May 2008Collapsed12 April 2007Location Map

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.

Having been previously damaged by American bombing in 1991, the bridge partially collapsed when an abandoned truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007 at 0700 local time, UTC+3.^[1] 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.^[3]

The bridge was reconstructed in a year and two months and reopened on May 27, 2008, when former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki inaugurated it.^[4]

Gallery

Pilgrims Cross Over New Bridge in July, 2008
Pilgrims Cross Over the New Bridge in July, 2008
Crossing the Al-sarrafiya bridge in 2013
Al-Sarafiya Bridge Lighting, June 2017
Al-Sarafiya bridge 13 April 2007 after a truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007
Al-Sarafiya bridge 13 April 2007 after a truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007

References

^ ^a ^b "Explosion targets Baghdad bridge". BBC News. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ "Deadly blast damages Baghdad bridge". Al-Jazeera. 2007-04-12. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ "Suicide truck bomb collapses Baghdad bridge". NBC News. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ "PM inaugurates al-Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad". Voices of Iraq. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.^{[permanent dead link]}