Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing

Major powerline crossing in Suez, Egypt

The Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing is a major electrical power line built across the Suez Canal in 1998, located near Suez, Egypt. It is designed for two 500 kV circuits.

Because the required clearance over the Suez Canal is 152 metres (499 ft),^{[citation needed]} the overhead line has two 221 metres (725 ft) high pylons (one on either side of the crossing) in spite of its small span width of 600 metres (2,000 ft). The pylons each have four crossarms: three for the conductors and one for catching the conductors in case of an insulator string failure.

Significant developments in the region

The crossing was part of a major drive to develop the areas surrounding the Suez Canal, including other projects such as the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel under the Suez Canal (completed in 1981), the El Ferdan Railway Bridge, and the Suez Canal Bridge (completed in 2001).

It was constructed by a consortium between STFA Enerkom and Siemens.^[1]

References

^ Pylons of Suez Canal Powerline Crossing 2021, skyscraperpage.com, accessed 10 April 2021

29°59′46″N 32°34′59″E / 29.996°N 32.583°E / 29.996; 32.583

Records
Preceded by Cairo Tower	Tallest structure in Egypt 221 m (725 ft) 1998 – 2023	Succeeded by Iconic Tower

Suez Canal

Authorities

Suez Canal Authority (SCA)
Port Said Port Authority
Suez Governorate
Ismailia Governorate
Port Said Governorate

Cities and ports

Infrastructure

Waterworks	Suezmax Lake Manzala Lake Timsah Great Bitter Lake Ismaïlia Canal
Constructions	Port Said Lighthouse Suez Canal Bridge El Ferdan Railway Bridge Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel Power line crossing
Expansion	Area Development Project New Suez Canal

Marine life

Lessepsian migration
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History

Heroopolite Gulf
Canal of the Pharaohs
Société d'études du Canal de Suez (1846)
Obstruction by Ever Given (2021)

French/UK operation	Ferdinand de Lesseps Isma'il Pasha Suez Canal Company Convention of Constantinople Raid on the Suez Canal Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936
Suez Crisis (1956) (Timeline)	Operation Musketeer Operation Tarnegol Operation Telescope Protocol of Sèvres United Nations Security Council Resolution 118 United Nations Security Council Resolution 119