Al-Sarafiya bridge

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U.S. soldiers secure the area at Baghdad's collapsed Al-Sarafiya bridge which was destroyed in a suicide truck bombing April 12, 2007
U.S. soldiers secure the area at Baghdad's collapsed Al-Sarafiya bridge which was destroyed in a suicide truck bombing April 12, 2007

The al-Sarafiya bridge (Arabic,جسر الصرافية) crosses the River Tigris in Baghdad. It was built in the 1940s[1] or 1950s[2] under the British Mandate of Mesopotamia 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 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki inaugurated it.[4]

Al-Sarafiya bridge 13th April 2007 1/4

Al-Sarafiya bridge 13th April 2007 2/4

Al-Sarafiya bridge 13th April 2007 3/4

Al-Sarafiya bridge 13th April 2007 4/4

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Explosion targets Baghdad bridge", BBC News, 12 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. 
  2. ^ "Deadly blast damages Baghdad bridge", Al-Jazeera, April 12 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. 
  3. ^ "Suicide truck bomb collapses Baghdad bridge", MSNBC, April 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. 
  4. ^ "PM inaugurates al-Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad", Voices of Iraq, May 27, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
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Coordinates: 33°21′13″N 44°22′22″E / 33.35361, 44.37278