6th October Bridge

6th of October Bridge كوبري 6 أكتوبر‎
A view of a small section of the 6th October Bridge near Ramses station and Egyptian Museum, crossing Nile River to Gezira Island with Cairo Tower in background.
Coordinates	30°02′57″N 31°13′45″E / 30.0492°N 31.2292°E / 30.0492; 31.2292
Locale	Cairo, Egypt
Official name	كوبري السادس من أكتوبر
Other name(s)	October Bridge
Owner	Egyptian state
Maintained by	General Authority For Roads, Bridges & Land Transport
Characteristics
Design	Concrete Girder Bridge
Total length	20.5 km (12.7 mi)
History
Designer	ACE Moharram Bakhoum
Engineering design by	ACE Moharram Bakhoum Fritsch- Chiari & Partner ZT GmbH
Constructed by	Arab Contractors
Construction start	1969
Construction end	1996
Location
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The 6th of October Bridge (Arabic: كوبري 6 أكتوبر Kubri 6 [Sadis] Uktubar) is an elevated highway in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. The 20.5-kilometre (12.7 mi) bridge and causeway crosses the Nile twice from the western bank suburbs, east through Gezira Island to Downtown Cairo, and on to connect the city to other highways that lead to the Cairo International Airport to the east.

Its name commemorates the date of Operation Badr in 1973, when the Egyptian military crossed the Suez Canal and attacked the Israeli military's Bar Lev Line, sparking the Yom Kippur War.