Nyerere Bridge

Nyerere Bridge

*Daraja la Nyerere* (Swahili)
Nyerere Bridge; Daraja la Nyerere (Swahili)
	Nyerere Bridge at night
Coordinates	6°51′33″S 39°17′59″E / 6.859167°S 39.299761°E
Carries	6 lanes dual carriageway
Crosses	Kurasini estuary
Locale	Kurasini
Owner	National Social Security Fund, government of Tanzania
Website	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
Construction cost	US$ 136 million
Opened	April 16, 2016
Inaugurated	16 April 2016, 19 April 2016
Location

Nyerere Bridge also unofficially known as Kigamboni Bridge (Daraja la Nyerere, in Swahili) is a 680-meter-long bridge located in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania^[1]^[2] that connects the Temeke District's ward of Kurasini from the east to the west of Kigamboni District's Vijibweni ward across the Kurasini estuary. Construction work began in February 2012 and completed in April 2016.^[3]

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 has 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 in Temeke District 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).^[4]