Wadi el Kuf Bridge

Wadi el Kuf Bridge (Formal Arabic: جسر وادي الكوف, Jisr Wadi Al Kuf), is a bridge located 20 km west of Bayda, Libya.

[1] On 25 October 2017, the Security Directorate of the Green Mountain region in east Libya called on the security services to close down Wadi el Kuf Bridge, following inspections that identified potential fractures in the bridge.

[2] The following day, road transport engineers inspected the bridge and stated that it needed emergency maintenance but was safe.

On 27 October 2017, the bridge was reopened for light traffic, while local security officials were preventing heavily loaded trucks from crossing in groups.

[3]On 8 August 2018 another similar security alert has been reported, but no details about another bridge closure or the structural problems identified is available.