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Swing Bridge for Suez Canal

The world鈥檚 largest swing bridge. The El Ferdan Bridge spans the Suez Canal in Egypt. When you can't build an incline bridge suitable for oil tankers, swing bridges have been a pivotal solution.

This is a programme from the 大象传媒 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1997.

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19 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project