Abdoun Bridge

Kamal Shair Bridge
Coordinates	31°57′05″N 35°53′38″E / 31.95133°N 35.89391°E / 31.95133; 35.89391
Carries	Two wide lanes of car traffic[1]
Crosses	Wadi Abdoun
Locale	Amman, Jordan
Official name	Wadi Abdoun Bridge
Other name(s)	Abdoun Bridge
Characteristics
Design	cable-stayed suspension
Total length	417 metres (1,368 ft)[2]
Height	71 metres (233 ft)
Longest span	134 metres (440 ft)
Clearance below	45 metres (148 ft)
History
Architect	Dar Al-Handasah[3]
Designer	Seshadri Srinivasan[3]
Constructed by	L&T
Construction start	14 December 2002
Opened	14 December 2006
Location

Wadi Abdoun Bridge or the Kamal Al-Shair Bridge is a bridge in Amman, Jordan. The only cable-stayed bridge in the country, it crosses the Wadi Abdoun. The building of the bridge commenced on 14 December 2002, and it was opened on 14 December 2006 and was built by Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian multinational company. It is part of Amman's Beltway project and links South Amman to the 4th Circle and Zahran Street. Since it was opened it has witnessed over 70 cases of attempted suicide.^[4]