For many years Lengiprotrans has been developing the railway network in the Syrian Arab Republic. The main task was to connect the Mediterranean ports of Latakia and Tartus with the eastern regions of the country for the export of goods (oil, cotton, wheat). Before the start of these works, Syria had only one railway.
First of all, the project of the Kamyshli — Aleppo — Latakia railway line was developed. A bridge crossing over the Euphrates River was designed on the Aleppo — Kamyshli section. It is the largest river in Western Asia with a length of 2,700 km.
During floods, the Euphrates overflows up to 5 km. In order to regulate this flow and put it under the bridge, guiding dams and traverses were developed on the basis of the institute's tests. Builders from Yugoslavia proposed to reduce the huge amount of earthworks for the construction of dams and traverses. However, Lengiprotrans specialists insisted that the modeling should be strictly followed. In Belgrade, the local polytechnic institute carried out these tests and fully confirmed the validity of the developed simulation.
2 km of embankments were built at the site on the approaches to the river. Bridge spans layout — 14x45 m.
