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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 present bridge was donated by the government of Japan as a token of cooperation between the governments of Japan and Tanzania, by Japan International Cooperation Agency in 1980 and was its first road project in Tanzania. [2] The current four-lane bridge was built in the same year. It lies along the Ali Hassan Mwinyi road.
Bridge Length Locale Region Opening in Kikwete Bridge: 275 metres (902 ft) Uvinza: Kigoma: 2013 Kilombero Bridge: 384 metres (1,260 ft) Ifakara: Morogoro: 2014 Mbutu Bridge: 046 metres (151 ft) Igunga: Tabora: 2013 Rusumo International Bridge: 080 metres (260 ft) Kagera: 2014 Sibiti Bridge: 082 metres (269 ft) Iramba: Singida: 2014 Ubungo ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Mkapa Bridge is the longest bridge in Tanzania across the Rufiji River. It was financed through a US$30 million loan from the Kuwait Fund, OPEC and the Government of Saudi Arabia. [1] At inauguration in 2003, it was amongst the longest road bridges in east and southern Africa. [2]
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company over the publication of what it called restricted content, a move one ...