Haradara Railway Bridge
Haradara Railway Bridge
جسر هرة درة
Memelan, Aleppo, Syria
(262) feet high / (80) meters high
(243) foot span / (74) meter span
(1913)
The Haradara Railway Bridge was completed around 1912 / 1913 on the famous Orient Express as part of the 61.5 Kurds mountain section between the two stations of Katameh and Ikbis Square. Between these stops there are four statsion including Katameh, Qart Qallaq, Raju, and Ikbis Square on the current Turkish border.
The all steel structure is approximately 310 meters long with a main truss span of approximately 74 meters.
In this region the line passes through four small tunnels including Meshaal with a length of 235 meters, Raju I at 540 meters, Raju II at 165 meters and Raju III at 130 meters.
Haradara Railway Bridge satellite image.
Haradara Railway Bridge location map.
