The longest suspension bridge in southern Iraq was opened in Basra province on Thursday.
According to press sources, Basra Governor Majid al-Nasrawi and a large number of local officials, security officials and dignitaries attended the opening, stressing that the bridge will serve thousands of citizens on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab.
For his part, adviser to the governor of Basra, Abdul Karim al-Roumi, that “this bridge implemented by the company MiG Italian more than seventy million dollars,” noting that “the bridge will solve the problems of bottlenecks on the old bridge.”