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The Nyali Bridge is a concrete girder bridge [1] connecting the city of Mombasa on Mombasa Island to the mainland of Kenya and located on B8 road. The bridge crosses Tudor Creek (a tidal inlet) to the north-east of the island. The bridge is one of three road links out of Mombasa (the others being the Kipevu and Makupa Causeways).
The Nyali Bridge was a floating pontoon bridge linking Mombasa Island to the Kenyan mainland. The bridge linked the Mzizima district of Mombasa to Nyali, [1] and was built in 1931. In 1980, the bridge was superseded by the New Nyali Bridge (located approximately 0.55 miles (0.89 km) to the north), leaving the steel bridge to be dismantled for ...
Mombasa [S 1] [1] [2] 2: Nyali Bridge: 150 m (490 ft) 391 m (1,283 ft) Box girder Prestressed concrete 90+150+90: B8 Mombasa–Garissa Road Tudor Creek. 1980:
Nyali is a residential area and Sub-County within Mombasa City, located on the mainland north of Mombasa County. It is connected to Mombasa Island by the New Nyali Bridge . Nyali is known for its many high-class hotels and residential houses, modern standards, and long white sand beaches making it a popular destination for both local and ...
The causeway is a dual-purpose transport corridor that carries a trunk road (serving the main A109 Mombasa-Nairobi road route) and the Uganda Railway. [2] The road is split into a two-level route (the south-bound carriageway is elevated on an embankment) and traffic is restricted to fifty miles per hour.
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An 11-kilometre (7 mi) rail line between Port Bell and Kampala was the final link in the chain providing efficient transport between the Ugandan capital and the open sea at Mombasa, more than 1,400 km (900 mi) away. Branch lines were built to Thika in 1913, Lake Magadi in 1915, Kitale in 1926, Naro Moro in 1927 and from Tororo to Soroti in 1929.
In Mombasa, the road becomes a multi-lane city road, crossing an estuary via the Nyali Bridge, before narrowing to a single lane and continuing north along the Indian Ocean coastline. [1] The route traverses various landscapes, including a bay near Kilifi, and forms a boundary between cultivated savannah and undeveloped forest areas. The road ...