The '6th October Bridge and Flyover' runs from the Agricultural Museum in Dokki east to the Autostrade in Nasr City.
Designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott (grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott), it was demolished 40 years later to make way for the 6th October Bridge.
Gezira Island is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected across the Nile by three bridges each on the east and west sides, including the Qasr al-Nil Bridge and 6th October Bridge.
Later, when Anwar Al Sadat was president, a new elevated highway (the 6th October Bridge) was built over the remaining nine-hole golf course and six-furlong racecourse.
The Gezirah Palace is currently the central part of the Cairo Marriott Hotel complex, between the pair of towers, on Gezira Island north of the 6th October Bridge.
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There are flyovers, and bridges such as the Sixth of October bridge that allows straight, fast and efficient means of transport from one side of the city to the other.