Wadi Abdoun Bridge or the Kamal Al-Shair Bridge is a bridge in Amman , Jordan . The only cable-stayed bridge in the country, it crosses the Wadi Abdoun . The building of the bridge commenced on 14 December 2002, and it was opened on 14 December 2006 and was built by Larsen & Toubro Limited , an Indian multinational company. It is part of Amman's Beltway project and links South Amman to the 4th Circle and Zahran Street . Since it was opened it has witnessed over 70 cases of attempted suicide.
5-411: The bridge has three Y-shaped towers to make two equal main spans of 134 meters in length. The bridge deck is shaped like an S-curve to aid in connecting to the adjoining roadways and the stays form a harp arrangement. The project was delayed by one year due to its technical complication and few incidents during construction. The structural designer, Dar Al-Handasah , won a commendation award in 2007 from
10-640: A wide range of engineering fields. Dar Al-Handasah was established in November 1956, and given the Arabic name دار الهندسة Dar Al-Handasah meaning "the house of engineering". It was founded by Kamal Shair (1930-2008) and three fellow professors in Engineering from the American University of Beirut (AUB) Engineering School . Later it was named Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners. In 1986,
15-491: Is a privately-owned international consulting company active in engineering, architecture, planning, environmental consulting, project and construction management, facilities management, and economics, founded in 1956. Its principal design offices and technical support facilities are located in Beirut, Lebanon; Cairo, Egypt; London, United Kingdom; Warsaw, Poland; Pune, India; and Amman, Jordan, with 46 local branch offices located in
20-650: The Institution of Structural Engineers for this bridge. 31°56′59″N 35°53′34″E / 31.94972°N 35.89278°E / 31.94972; 35.89278 This article about a building or structure in Jordan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a bridge in Asia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dar Al-Handasah Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners; Arabic : دار الهندسة )
25-656: The Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Over the years, Dar has provided consultancy services to more than 950 clients in 60 countries and has handled over 4,000 projects involving a collective investment of over US$ 300 billion (construction costs for executed projects, excluding planning projects). With a permanent staff of 9,250 (including 6,300 professionally qualified engineers; architects; town planners; environmentalists; economists; finance, marketing and management specialists; quantity surveyors; and others) and over 4,000 successfully completed projects, Dar Al-Handasah does work in
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