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The Kigongo–Busisi Bridge, officially the John Pombe Magufuli Bridge, is a road bridge in Tanzania, constructed between December 2019 and October 2024. [1] [2]The bridge spans 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) across the Gulf of Mwanza, linking the areas of Kigongo in the Mwanza Region and Busisi in the Geita Region, cutting crossing time from thirty-five minutes by ferry to four minutes by automobile.
The bridge an important link between Dar es Salaam and the capital Dodoma, was a single lane bridge for several years. Along with the steep slopes and sharp turns was a site for various accidents. [3] [4] Construction for the new Wami Bridge to increase the bridge's capacity and safety began in 2020 at a cost of TZS 75 Billion. The new bridge ...
Bridge Length Locale Region Opened Kirumi Bridge: 223 metres (732 ft) Mara: 1985 Kyaka Bridge: Kyaka Kagera: 1992 Mkapa Bridge: 970 metres (3,180 ft) Ikwiriri: Pwani: 2003 New Ruvu Bridge: 135 metres (443 ft) Coast: 2009 Selander Bridge: 085 metres (279 ft) Oyster Bay: Dar es Salaam: 1980s Wami Bridge: 088 metres (289 ft) Coast: 1959
Kirumi Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in northern Tanzania across the Mara River on the border of Butiama and Rorya Districts of Mara Region. [1] Its construction was financed via a loan from the African Development Fund. [2] It was inaugurated in October 1985 by Julius Nyerere, the country's first president.
Kikwete Bridge is a bridge across the Malagarasi River in Tanzania. [ 1 ] It was officially opened on September 16, 2015 by President Jakaya Kikwete , whose name it bears.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China, Tanzania and Zambia signed an initial agreement to rehabilitate a decades-old railway aimed at improving the rail-sea transportation in resource-rich East Africa, Chinese ...
The Panguil Bay Bridge is a 3.77 km (2.34 mi) extradosed bridge that crosses Panguil Bay. It connects Tangub in Misamis Occidental and Tubod in Lanao del Norte. It is currently the longest water-spanning bridge in Mindanao. It also reduces the travel time between Tangub and Tubod from 2.5 hours to just a few minutes. [4]
An under-construction bridge collapsed into the river Ganga in India on Sunday. The Aguwani Sultanganj Ganga bridge, which was meant to be complete by 2019, collapsed in the eastern state of Bihar ...