The governments of Mozambique and China are currently building Africa's largest suspension bridge, as well as its link roads, in Mozambique. The construction of the brigde started in June 2014 and is expected to finished in December 2017. The two lane bridge, which will connect Maputo with Catembe by crossing the Maputo Bay, will be three kilometers long, will have a width of 680m and will stand 60m above sea level. Adjoining roads will link the bridge with the Ponto de Ouro border post (Mozambique) and the Kosi Bay border post (South Africa), so that the driving time from Mozambique's border with KwaZulu-Natal to Maputo will be cut by about four hours.
29 October 2015
Mozambique builds Africa's largest suspension bridge!
update (13 Dec 2016): According to the Mozambican daily newspaper Noticas, the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources of Mozambique, Carlos Bonete said 70% of the work on the Maputo-Katembe bridge, which will connect Maputo with Catembe by crossing the Maputo Bay, has been completed. Full completition of the bridge is still planed for the end of 2017.
The governments of Mozambique and China are currently building Africa's largest suspension bridge, as well as its link roads, in Mozambique. The construction of the brigde started in June 2014 and is expected to finished in December 2017. The two lane bridge, which will connect Maputo with Catembe by crossing the Maputo Bay, will be three kilometers long, will have a width of 680m and will stand 60m above sea level. Adjoining roads will link the bridge with the Ponto de Ouro border post (Mozambique) and the Kosi Bay border post (South Africa), so that the driving time from Mozambique's border with KwaZulu-Natal to Maputo will be cut by about four hours.
The governments of Mozambique and China are currently building Africa's largest suspension bridge, as well as its link roads, in Mozambique. The construction of the brigde started in June 2014 and is expected to finished in December 2017. The two lane bridge, which will connect Maputo with Catembe by crossing the Maputo Bay, will be three kilometers long, will have a width of 680m and will stand 60m above sea level. Adjoining roads will link the bridge with the Ponto de Ouro border post (Mozambique) and the Kosi Bay border post (South Africa), so that the driving time from Mozambique's border with KwaZulu-Natal to Maputo will be cut by about four hours.
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