Algeria's Bridges: Sidi M'Cid Bridge across the Rhumel River in Constantine (1)

March 2011 (36.380 deg., 6.605 deg.) Sidi M'Cid Bridge

Constantine is a beautiful city in North Africa. It must have been on a military route because it was conquered by the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Arabs, the Ottomans, and the French. It's the home of the Berber people.

Today's photo is of the Sidi M'Cid Bridge in Constantine. It is a 525 ft long suspension bridge (with cable stays) about 575 ft above the Rhumel River. It was designed in 1912 by Ferdinand Arnodin. The bridge underwent extensive repairs in 2000 including new cables. 

This photo and the other photos from Constantine were taken by Hadj Mokadem. I asked my friend and cubicle neighbor Allaoua if he had any photos of bridges in his hometown and he asked his friend Hadj to take some for me.

Algeria's Bridges: Sidi M'Cid Bridge across the Rhumel River in Constantine (1) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.