Just thought of starting a thread about bridges found in Africa! As everyone knows bridges are infrastructural pride icons of respective countries and usually demonstrate the advancements of economies of respective countries! To start with here is Kigamboni bridge (680m) to connect Dar es salaam city center and the Kigamboni peninsula that is to start construction this year and is to be funded to the tune of US$ 130 mio. by both the NSSF (60%) and the GOT (40%) (http://www.businesstimes.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1233:nssf-denies-dropping-kigamboni-bridge-project&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=57)


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HO8ijU76ZcQ/S98G-6KxrFI/AAAAAAABEEo/M0QnUsjrSNs/s1600/DSC00760.JPG

http://www.ippmedia.com/media/picture/large/newK.jpg

http://photos1.hi5.com/0026/203/975/k732Vd203975-02.jpg
An approximate creek section between Kurasini and Kigamboni that is about to be connected by the mighty Kigamboni bridge

Just thought of starting a thread about bridges found in Africa! As everyone knows bridges are infrastructural pride icons of respective countries and usually demonstrate the advancements of economies of respective countries! To start with here is Kigamboni bridge (680m) to connect Dar es salaam city and Kigamboni peninsula that is to start construction this year to be funded to the tune of US$ 130 mio. by both NSSF (60%) and the GOT (40%) (http://www.businesstimes.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1233:nssf-denies-dropping-kigamboni-bridge-project&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=57)


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HO8ijU76ZcQ/S98G-6KxrFI/AAAAAAABEEo/M0QnUsjrSNs/s1600/DSC00760.JPG




Wtf is up with this bridge?....why it curve around the water instead of going str8? is it to make it look fancy cuz thats a waste of money...fked up design imo

ruvu bridge

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/xiaohan1/ruvu.jpg

Wtf is up with this bridge?....why it curve around the water instead of going str8? is it to make it look fancy cuz thats a waste of money...fked up design imo They had to lift/rise it up to allow those huge international ships/tankers to pass underneath (mind you oil refinery, Tazama/Tiper storage facilities are in that side and expansion of the port plus new refineries will be in the Kigamboni side opposite Kurasini)! It is gonna start this year Magufuli has assured us! I trust him..!

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/xiaohan1/selous_010.jpg



http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/xiaohan1/selous_058.jpg

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/xiaohan1/selous_019.jpg

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They had to lift/rise it up to allow those huge international ships/tankers to pass underneath (mind you oil refinery, Tazama/Tiper storage facilities are in that side and expansion of the port plus new refineries will be in the Kigamboni side opposite Kurasini)! It is gonna start this year Magufuli has assured us! I trust him..!

WHAT! that is major bullshit...the bridge is over land why does it curve toward the sea

WHAT! that is major bullshit...the bridge is over land why does it curve toward the sea

No space on the land mind you that is to be a CBD and land is in high demand and very valuable at that location (all major hotels, offices want those plots around the peninsula banks check Kigamboni city master plan)! Guys designers have sat down and came up with that design with all economical aspects under consideration! So there is no bullshit there!

That Kigamboni bridge sio mchezo, linatisha...

No space on the land mind you that is to be a CBD and land is in high demand and very valuable at that location (all major hotels, offices want those plots around the peninsula banks check Kigamboni city master plan)! Guys designers have sat down and came up with that design with all economical aspects under consideration! So there is no bullshit there!

Thanks for clarifying this, I was wondering too about the curvy thing

No space on the land mind you that is to be a CBD and land is in high demand and very valuable at that location (all major hotels, offices want those plots around the peninsula banks check Kigamboni city master plan)! Guys designers have sat down and came up with that design with all economical aspects under consideration! So there is no bullshit there!

:okay: Thanks

Wtf is up with this bridge?....why it curve around the water instead of going str8? is it to make it look fancy cuz thats a waste of money...fked up design imo

getting dizzy:nuts:already before crossing the bridge!

Vipi wandugu mradi huu unaendeleaje?

i wanna post some pictures about bridges in sudan but i really don't know how to post images XD , i have asked a couple and they made it 2 complicated....... someone explain the easiest way to post please :(

Just thought of starting a thread about bridges found in Africa! As everyone knows bridges are infrastructural pride icons of respective countries and usually demonstrate the advancements of economies of respective countries! To start with here is Kigamboni bridge (680m) to connect Dar es salaam city center and the Kigamboni peninsula that is to start construction this year and is to be funded to the tune of US$ 130 mio. by both the NSSF (60%) and the GOT (40%) (http://www.businesstimes.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1233:nssf-denies-dropping-kigamboni-bridge-project&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=57)


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HO8ijU76ZcQ/S98G-6KxrFI/AAAAAAABEEo/M0QnUsjrSNs/s1600/DSC00760.JPG

http://www.ippmedia.com/media/picture/large/newK.jpg

http://photos1.hi5.com/0026/203/975/k732Vd203975-02.jpg
An approximate creek section between Kurasini and Kigamboni that is about to be connected by the mighty Kigamboni bridge



how do you post images?

how do you post images?

try this :) http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1464202

try this :) http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1464202

thanks, it has helped alot :)

Mc-Nimir bridge
Khartoum-Bahri bridge
800 meters

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/5be87e0a.jpg

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/2d0c25e6.jpg

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tutti-Khartoum bridge
first suspension bridge in sudan

this is the shortest bridge in khartoum with a lenght of 410 meters, also prabably the shortest since separation the shortest was juba bridge in south sudan capital of 250 meters.


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Alhalfaia bridge

this bridge opened in 2011 , until now it is the longest and widest bridge in Sudan. it has 3 lanes on both sides and its length is 910 meters , if work finishes on time at Dabaseen bridge then halfaia bridge won't hold the title of longest bridge in sudan any longer.

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/dcd0e3f0.jpg
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Al Dabaseen bridge

This bridge will be longer than Halfaia bridge and it is located on the white nile coming from Uganda, This will be the 3rd bridge linking Omdurman to Khartoum. It is also part of The sudan new international airport, it will be the main way from the new airport to Khartoum city because the airport is located in Omdurman. Because the white nile is extremely wide at this point, the length of the bridge will be 1670 meters but unfortunately it will only have 2 lanes on both sides like most bridges in sudan.
construction will finish march next year.

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/53ba1b4a.jpg
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^^^^ :cheers: great bridges from Sudan, love the night shots :cheers:

^^^^ :cheers: great bridges from Sudan, love the night shots :cheers:

Thanks:cheers: Unfortunately we don't have great suspension bridges like the one that is currently being constructed in Tanzania , the sudanese government has proposed plans to built 3 more bridges on tuti island to make the island a center which links the 3 main cities in the nation together, on the video it shows suspension bridges however only one of them is to start constuction by an iranian company.

thanks again for showing me how to upload photo's, this has really helped me alot :banana: i know alot about bridges in the region and will try to share it all on this thread:cheers:

New Jinja Bridge

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/f58bde99.jpg


It is expected to serve as a major trade route connecting Uganda to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Rwanda, Burundi, the DR Congo as well as Central Africa. It is going to be 80% financed by the Japanese government and it will be slowly repaid by uganda in 10 years time. This bridge will be the longest bridge in Uganda, it has a total length of 525 meters , construction will start on August this year and will end in 2016.

Nyali Bridge

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/6cbf406c.jpg


The Nyali Bridge is a concrete girder bridge connecting the city of Mombasa on Mombasa Island to the mainland of Kenya. It is 391.65 metres long and 26.3 metres wide with a total of six lanes. Its was built in 2002, it is now currently the longest bridge in Kenya

Unity bridge

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/d46b974c.jpg



The Unity Bridge (sometimes called "Unity Bridge 1") across Ruvuma River at Negomano, Mozambique,between Tanzania and Mozambique was proposed as early as 1975, shortly after Mozambique's independence. It was the idea of the two country's former Presidents, Mwalimu Nyerere and Samora Machel. Several design studies and limited construction work were completed in the early 1980s, but the Unity Bridge was not finished due to lack of funds.
In 2002 the two national governments made a formal agreement to build a new bridge across the river. The first foundation stones were laid both on Tanzanian and Mozambique sides on October 10, 2005. Construction was initially planned to be finished in 2008.

The bridge is 720m long with 1 lane on each side, one of the longest bridges in the region.

Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/660cf7f7.jpg


The new bridge will be constructed upstream from the current Abbay Bridge (built in 1948). Ethiopia's first extradosed prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge will have a center span of 145 meters (476 feet) and total length of 303 meters (995 feet). The bridge, which will accommodate heavy vehicles with axle loads of 12 tons and total weight of 60 tons, is attracting the attention of the Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers and the local construction industry.

Construction is scheduled for completion in December 2008. The rehabilitated road and new bridge are expected to ensure access to Ethiopia's largest grain and livestock belt and activate the distribution of agricultural produce.

Thanks:cheers: Unfortunately we don't have great suspension bridges like the one that is currently being constructed in Tanzania , the sudanese government has proposed plans to built 3 more bridges on tuti island to make the island a center which links the 3 main cities in the nation together, on the video it shows suspension bridges however only one of them is to start constuction by an iranian company.

thanks again for showing me how to upload photo's, this has really helped me alot :banana: i know alot about bridges in the region and will try to share it all on this thread:cheers:

:cheers: great, glad it helped :cheers:

great updates coming from Sudan, i am impressed!

great updates coming from Sudan, i am impressed!

Thanks :) :cheers: , the media always shows the bad and mostly fake stuff about sudan, but people like me are here to change this for sudan and all of africa. due to media and propaganda many people in the west believe all africans live in small huts :ohno: , our generation will end this nonsense for once and for all :banana:

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Hii bado ni Nyali bridge imechukuliwa kwa juu
http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/images/nyalibridg.jpg

^^ nimelipenda na ile barabara yake imekaa vizuri :cheers:

http://www.cowi-africa.com/menu/projects/Bridge-tunnel-and-marine-structures/PublishingImages/Uganda%20railway%20bridge_COWI_P5.jpg

The Nyali bridge is being replaced by a new bridge and the image looks something like this......

http://t5ak.roblox.com/baa904c5a4f2439a25bbfa56108ad4ec

Masalani Bridge



http://www.daversteels.co.uk/projects/1190130189_web%20Masalani%201.jpg ( Viewing image 1 of 3 )Next (http://www.daversteels.co.uk/projects.php%5Eid=26&img=2.htm)



Project:
Masalani Bridge, Kenya

Structural engineer:
Dorman Long Technology

Project details:

Masalani Bridge, Kenya

http://www.daversteels.co.uk/projects/1190130197_web%20Masalani%202.jpg

http://www.daversteels.co.uk/projects/1190130207_web%20Masalani%203.jpg
http://www.daversteels.co.uk/banners/projects/masalani_bridge.jpg

They use these bridges for bungee jumping......
http://www.kenya-vacation-guide.com/kenya-bungee-jumping1.jpeg

^^ nimelipenda na ile barabara yake imekaa vizuri :cheers:

Ndio yakaa vizuri kwa juu lakini ubaya wataibomoa kwasababu wanajenga nyingine kubwa hapo karibu nayo...........mlolongo wa magari umezidi kupita kiasi kwenye daraja hii.

Hii daraja iliharibiwa ma mafuriko ya maji......

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bridge_over_the_Tana_river_%28Kenya%29.JPEG/800px-Bridge_over_the_Tana_river_%28Kenya%29.JPEG (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Bridge_over_the_Tana_river_%28Kenya%29.JPEG)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HO8ijU76ZcQ/S98G-6KxrFI/AAAAAAABEEo/M0QnUsjrSNs/s1600/DSC00760.JPG


Geza, this bridge is absolutely breathtaking especially from above. Washamaliza kuijenga?

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51086000/jpg/_51086270_07_kenya_junction.jpg

....

http://www.kenha.co.ke/images/phocagallery/Complete/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_Aerial%20View%20of%20Globe%20Cinema%20area.jpg

these r bypass/flyovers AND not bridges talked in this subject! I meant those bridges that has water underneath...anyway it is ohk

these r bypass/flyovers AND not bridges talked in this subject! I meant those bridges that has water underneath...anyway it is ohk

Aaaiyaayaii!! ur right, samahani, samahani, samahani. Nitajaribu kuitoa..... : ) : ) akili yangu ni kama ya kuku saa zingine.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2593/4188448914_6b17d9e331_z.jpg

Hii nimepata ya satelite pekee...........chini yake ni bahari
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bj2-sauUZfc/UGlRENenzvI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/zMA65Ji16IU/s1600/satellite+image+makupa+causeway.jpg

Hii nimepata ya satelite pekee...........chini yake ni bahari
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bj2-sauUZfc/UGlRENenzvI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/zMA65Ji16IU/s1600/satellite+image+makupa+causeway.jpg


Hii ni nzuri sana.. Hongereni :cheers:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2593/4188448914_6b17d9e331_z.jpg

hili daraja linaweza pitisha tanks kweli au kwa ajili ya binadamu tu? pund anapita kweli hapa? :lol:

hili daraja linaweza pitisha tanks kweli au kwa ajili ya binadamu tu? pund anapita kweli hapa? :lol:

wewe Geza!! :) hii ni ya binadamu tu.......nilidhani nimeandika hapo lakini haikutoka.

btw "pund" ni ufupi wa Punda? : )

Hii ni nzuri sana.. Hongereni :cheers:

Shukran!

wewe Geza!! :) hii ni ya binadamu tu.......nilidhani nimeandika hapo lakini haikutoka.

btw "pund" ni ufupi wa Punda? : ) ohk nilitaka kushangaa i meant punda typo

Luapula River Bridge


One of the longest bridges in Africa that spans of a broad swampy part of the Luapula River



http://farm1.staticflickr.com/41/80294319_39d367ca66_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/80294319/)
Flickr 上 friel (http://www.flickr.com/people/friel/) 的 Luapula River Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/80294319/)

Uncompleted bridge across Ubangui River at Mobaye


The uncompleted bridge across the Ubangi River at Mobaye. The bridge was to connect the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but was never completed.


http://farm1.staticflickr.com/143/337462858_fccc0f4781_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337462858/)
Flickr 上 friel (http://www.flickr.com/people/friel/) 的 Uncompleted bridge across Ubangui River at Mobaye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337462858/)

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/145/337463716_172fa181ba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337463716/)
Flickr 上 friel (http://www.flickr.com/people/friel/) 的 Ubangui River at Mobaye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337463716/)


http://farm1.staticflickr.com/145/337465676_dd9ac47996_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337465676/)
Flickr 上 friel (http://www.flickr.com/people/friel/) 的 Ubangui River at Mobaye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337465676/)


http://farm1.staticflickr.com/149/337464074_ce2168ae12_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337464074/)
Flickr 上 friel (http://www.flickr.com/people/friel/) 的 Ubangui River at Mobaye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/friel/337464074/)

I dont know the name :lol:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/24/64128450_2ab96a216c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanderson/64128450/)
Flickr 上 Kelly C Anderson (http://www.flickr.com/people/kcanderson/) 的 Tanzania Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanderson/64128450/)

^^^^
Good one though i hate such bridges or is this not a single lane bridge? there is even a barrier to regulate traffic

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HO8ijU76ZcQ/S98G-6KxrFI/AAAAAAABEEo/M0QnUsjrSNs/s1600/DSC00760.JPG


Geza, this bridge is absolutely breathtaking especially from above. Washamaliza kuijenga?

http://www.tanroads.org/images/stories/kigamboni.jpg
bado ndo kwanza wameanza kama miezi minne hivi imepita temporary bridge to facilitate construction of the main bridge

Nyali Bridge

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/abdel37/6cbf406c.jpg


The Nyali Bridge is a concrete girder bridge connecting the city of Mombasa on Mombasa Island to the mainland of Kenya. It is 391.65 metres long and 26.3 metres wide with a total of six lanes. Its was built in 2002, it is now currently the longest bridge in Kenya

NO IT WAS BUILT IN late 70' and commissioned in 1980 I remember going there, when I was young, to watch SUMITOMO doing construction...

With the new DONGO KUNDU road in the offing, we may see 4 more bridges in Mombasa and possibly if the government approves a proposal, a sixth bridge will be put up to supplement Nyali bridge

^^:lol: kuna neno hapo juu ingekua Bongo wangeshaita..... .TIGO :lol: