Al-Sarafiya Bridge
The Al-Sarafiya Bridge (Arabic: جسر الصرافية) crosses the River Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in the 1940s or 1950s and connected the two northern Baghdad neighborhoods of Waziriyah and Utafiyah.
Al-Sarrafiya Bridge جسر الصرافية | |
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Al-sarrafiya bridge at night, June 2017 | |
| Coordinates | 33°21′13″N 44°22′22″E |
| History | |
| Rebuilt | 27 May 2008 |
| Collapsed | 12 April 2007 |
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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. 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.
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.
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