Enhancing historic metallic bridges’ rehabilitation policies in Egypt

International trends towards historic metallic bridges are growingly shifted towards rehabilitation policies that go beyond the maintenance of their structural stability, to include promotion of their historic and engineering significance. As a major player in world’s politics during the 19th century, Egypt possesses a significant legacy of historic metallic bridges across the Nile, mostly built by internationally renowned engineers and major firms in metallic bridges constructions. Through archival research, the present work highlights the significant asset of historic metallic bridges in Egypt, and through case study analysis, the study assesses current Egyptian rehabilitation policies in light of selected western attempts. Assessment is conducted to detect current shortcomings in historic metallic bridges local rehabilitation policies in Egypt, and hence propose a framework for enhancement and implementation. © 2020, Cairo University. All rights reserved.