Damietta old metal bridge has been moved a tourist attraction in front of the Egypt Public Library in Damietta

The Damietta Bridge was installed in Damietta in 1927, but its true history dates back to before 1890, when it was based on the Imbaba Nile in Giza with a length of 490 m, until it was replaced by another bridge more modern than it in Imbaba, and four parts were moved from it with a length of 170 AD to its current location in Damietta, which confirms without controversy that it is considered, compared to its history in Imbaba, the oldest metal bridge still standing on the Nile of Egypt.In 2006, it was noticed that someone was cutting parts of this bridge, and following up, it was found that the bridge was sold for scrap to an individual. Dr. Mohamed Fathi El-Baradei, Governor of Damietta issued an order banning any work on the bridge and saved the bridge from selling as scrap iron. Then Resolution No. 5 of 2007 was issued; Considering that the bridge is a historical monument in the possession of Damietta Governorate and that no one has the right to abuse it until it was moved to its new location attached to the Damietta Public Library (the former Mubarak Public Library) to be a shrine and a hall for displaying various colors of arts.And he started thinking about how to move the bridge, and the final decision was to move from its current location to the new location, which is about 2 kilometers away, floating on the page of the Eternal River without cutting the bridge’s body, which is a job that needs a specialized company with a high technical level and experience in such matters. To do this task without risk.Moving the bridge from its place is an unprecedented engineering epic

A wonderful place where the car park is next to the corniche ... but the corniche needs a lot of maintenance.

Fantastic place

Very very beautiful