D - Bends in the Canal:

The bends in the navigable channel have the following characteristics

1. Radius of navigation line = 5000 meters.
   
2. Width of channel at 11.00 meters depth = 225 - 242 meters.
   
3. Width of channel at 19.00 meters depth, North of Km. 61.000 (side slopes 4/1) = 176 meters.
   
4. Width of channel at 19.00 meters depth, South of Km. 61.000 (side slopes 3/1) = 177 - 192 meters.
   
5. At the ends of two bends, there is usually a funnel made to allow increasing the width of the channel from the width of the straight part to the width of the curves, (At 11.00 meters depth).
   
6. Location of beginning and end of each bend are included in the following table

Canal Bends	Kilometric indication of beginning point	Kilometric indication of end point
Km. 51	Km. 49.510	Km. 51.480 W
		Km. 51.790 E
Km. 53	Km. 52.050	Km. 53.520
Km. 57	Km. 56.870	Km. 58.800
Km. 61	Km. 60.310 W	Km. 63.300
		Km. 59.940 E
S Curves	Km. 71.960	Km. 75.300
Timsah Curve	Km. 76.520	Km. 81.700 E
Km. 85	Km. 85.030	Km. 87.400
Km. 103	Km. 102.600	Km. 105.030
Km. 122	Km. 121.940 E	Km. 125.510
		Km. 122.500 W
Km. 130	Km. 129.500	Km. 131.980
Km. 146	Km. 145.500	Km. 146.330
Km. 154	Km. 154.700	Km. 155.720
Km. 157	Km. 156.280	Km. 160.000

Note : At the approaches of the by-passes, bends are made with radius more than 5000 meters.