Kigamboni Bridge

Kigamboni Bridge
Daraja la Kigamboni  (Swahili)
The Kurasini Creek facing towards the south east.
Coordinates 6°51′33″S 39°17′59.14″E / 6.85917°S 39.2997611°E / -6.85917; 39.2997611Coordinates: 6°51′33″S 39°17′59.14″E / 6.85917°S 39.2997611°E / -6.85917; 39.2997611
Carries 6 lanes dual carriageway
Crosses Kurasini Creek
Locale Kurasini, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Owner NSSF (60%)
GoT (40%)
Website http://www.nssf.or.tz/
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Total length 680 metres (2,230 ft)
Width 27.5 metres (90 ft)
Longest span 200 metres (660 ft)
History
Designer Arab Consulting Engineers Moharram-Bakhoum "ACE"
Constructed by China Railway Jiangchang Engineering (T) Ltd &
China Major Bridge Engineering Company
Construction start February 2012
Construction end April 2016 (projected)
Construction cost US$ 136 million
Inaugurated April 19, 2016
Opened April 16, 2016
Replaces MV Magogoni ferry
Statistics
Toll TBA

Kigamboni Bridge is a 680-meter-long bridge in Tanzania[1][2] that connects the Dar es Salaam ward of Kurasini from the east to the west of Kigamboni district across the Kurasini Creek. Construction work began in February 2012 and completed in April 2016. The completion of the bridge has offered an alternative transport link to the new district of Kigamboni. Previously, the Kivukoni ferry provided a quick transport link between south east of the Dar es Salaam Central Business District specifically from south east of Kivukoni to north west of Kigamboni. The bridge have six lanes (three on each direction) and two pedestrians/cyclists lanes with width of 2.5 meters (one on each side). Construction of 2.5 km approach roads were completed with 1 km on the Kurasini side and 1.5 km on the Kigamboni side. The road joins the Nelson Mandela expressway through elevated free interchange to separate traffic approaching and leaving the junction.There is a toll plaza for controlling and charging of vehicles passing through the bridge. A total of 14 controlled lanes are going to be in this area (seven for each of the two directions).

References

  1. ↑ "SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Invitation for Pre-qualification Tender No: PA/004/2010-11/HQ/W/28" (PDF). nssf.or.tz. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Construction of Kigamboni Bridge launched". TANROADS. September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.


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