Case Study

Suez Canal Bridge, Egypt

Towering 70 meters above the Suez Canal’s high-water level is the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Suez Canal bridge holds great importance for Egypt and the Middle East. It connects Egypt’s mainland with the Sinai Peninsula and was built for peace and means for increasing economic activity. Near the city of Qantara, the Suez Canal Bridge, the longest bridge in Egypt and the Middle East, is over 9 km long and is located in the northeastern area of Egypt, approximately 48 km south of Port Said.

The Suez Canal Bridge has four lanes and is designed to support over 28,000 vehicles a day. Security and efficient traffic flow were a concern for the Transportation Authorities.

A local engineering and system integration company, Engineering For Industries Co. (Inde) selected and installed the Autoscope® video vehicle detection system. Fourteen Autoscope Solo® Pro detection systems were deployed along the center of the bridge. The Autoscope systems automatically detect stopped vehicles, queues, and speed, in addition to collecting traffic data.

When entering traffic creates too long of a queue on the bridge, the Autoscope systems send an alarm to the control room where operators can then send a signal to shut down the entrance until the queue is reduced.The traffic data is transmitted to the control room, located on the Sinai side, and VMS signs.

Overview

• Operating since 2003
• 14 Autoscope Solo Pros deployed for Automatic Incident Detection (AID)
• AID System provides:
  • Queue detection
  • Speed detection
  • Stopped vehicle alarms
  • Automatic incident recording
  • Surveillance system
• Traffic Data Collection