Faidherbe Bridge

Faidherbe Bridge is a road bridge over the which links the island of the city of in to the African mainland. The metal bridge is 507.35 m long and 10.5 m wide, weighing 1,500 t.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: road bridge in Saint-Louis, Senegal
  • Also known as: “Pont Faidherbe”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Louis Cathedral and Gare de Saint-Louis, Sénégal.

Church
Photo: LamourYves, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of St. Louis, located in , is the seat of the Diocese of St-Louis du Sénégal. The nineteenth-century cathedral church is located on the place d'armes in the southern district of Saint-Louis Island. is situated 380 metres west of Faidherbe Bridge.

Railway stop
Photo: HaguardDuNord, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway stop, which is situated 340 metres east of Faidherbe Bridge.

School
Photo: Ventdelouest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a school, which is situated 570 metres northwest of Faidherbe Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Louis.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a city and a world heritage site on the Grande Cote in , at the mouth of Senegal River which serves as the border with . With some 254,000 inhabitants, it's the country's eighth largest city.

Faidherbe Bridge

Latitude
16.02578° or 16° 1′ 33″ north
Longitude
-16.50117° or 16° 30′ 4″ west
Open location code
7C852FGX+8G
Geo­Names ID
2596108
Wiki­data ID
Q2920610
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Faidherbe Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر فيدارب (سانت لويس)”
  • Basque: “Faidherbe zubia”
  • French: “pont Faidherbe”
  • French: “Pont Faidherbe”
  • German: “Pont Faidherbe”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Faidherbe Bridge”
  • Hausa: “Gada na Faidherbe”
  • Hebrew: “גשר פדרב”
  • Italian: “Ponte Faidherbe”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Faidherbe”
  • Romanian: “Podul Faidherbe”
  • Romanian: “Podul freidharbe”
  • Slovenian: “Faidherbeov most”
  • Spanish: “puente Faidherbe”
  • Spanish: “Puente Faidherbe”
  • “Pont Faidherbe”

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