“But the bridge collapse has made us a little nervous. The structure spans a dried up river bed, a metal-roofed warehouse, and two rows of pastel-coloured flats. According to Vittorio Depau, an elderly Gavette resident, the bridge receives regular maintenance and its columns were reinforced around 10 years ago. The bridges spanning the city had up until this week been just part of everyday life: constant, unmoving, unthought of. But now whenever I go under the bridge I look up,” she says.

Source: Egypt Independent August 18, 2018 04:07 UTC