Allenby Bridge
Allenby Bridge is in West Bank, Palestine. Allenby Bridge is situated nearby to the locality Al Maghtas.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Allenby Bridge.
Allenby Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Abutoum, Public domain.
The Allenby Bridge, known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge, is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River near the city of Jericho in the West Bank and the town of Al-Karameh in Jordan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas and Na’ama.
Al Maghtas
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 4 km south of Allenby Bridge.
Na’ama
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Na'ama is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley three kilometres north of Hisham's Palace, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Na’ama is situated 8 km northwest of Allenby Bridge.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
Allenby Bridge
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.87387° or 31° 52′ 26″ northLongitude
35.54091° or 35° 32′ 27″ eastElevation
-381 metres (-1,250 feet)Named after
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount AllenbyOpen location code
8G3QVGFR+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 432341759OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11048879
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Allenby Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر الملك حسين”
- Czech: “Allenbyho most”
- German: “Allenby-Brücke”
- Hebrew: “מעבר גבול גשר אלנבי”
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