About this project

It is noteworthy that the new Naga Hammadi Barrage was constructed in 2008 and pumps 220 million cubic meters of water daily. It consists of two first-class navigation locks, 17 meters wide and 160 meters long each, a spillway that includes 7 gates, each 17 meters wide, and a power generation station with a capacity of 64 megawatts. In addition to a bridge with a capacity of 70 tons, the barrages also include two first-class navigation locks attached to the new bridge so that ships and vehicles can pass, in addition to a bridge to connect the two banks of the Nile River.

The barrages consist of 100 springs, the distance between each spring is 6 metres. The barrages contain a navigation lock whose basin is 80 meters long and 16 meters wide, allowing the passage of the largest Nile ships in Egypt, while the roof of the barrages is a road to facilitate transportation between the East and West of the Nile. It was designed These bridges can withstand a balance difference of 4 meters for the duration of the flood.

Thousands of citizens flock there annually to eat fish caught directly from the Nile River by fishermen