Kober Bridge (, Kubri Kūbir) is a bridge for road traffic that links the neighbourhood of al-Riadh in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
with
Kafouri in the industrial city
Khartoum North
Khartoum North or Khartoum Bahri ( ar, الخرطوم بحري, al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī) is a city in Khartoum State, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. It is located on the north bank of the Blue Nile and the east bank of t ...
across the
Blue Nile
The Blue Nile (; ) is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water ...
in central
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. Named after the adjacent neighbourhood ''Kober'' (from Cooper, the first director of
Kober prison at the beginning of the 1900s) in Khartoum North, it is also called "Armed Forces Bridge" and was opened on 23 October 2014.
References
Bridges in Sudan
Buildings and structures in Khartoum
Khartoum North
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