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Major bridges

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Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
1 Matadi Bridge 520 m (1,710 ft) 722 m (2,369 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
91+520+91
National Road 1
Congo River
 1983 Matadi
5°49′31.4″S 13°26′3.1″E / 5.825389°S 13.434194°E / -5.825389; 13.434194 (Matadi Bridge)		 Kongo Central [1]
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2 Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge
project		 420 m (1,380 ft) 1,695 m (5,561 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete truss deck, concrete pylons
Rail-road bridge

Tripoli–Cape Town Highway
Trans-African Highway 3
Congo River
 2028 Kinshasa–Brazzaville
 Kinshasa
 Republic of the Congo		 [Note 1]
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See also

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Notes and references

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  • Notes
  1. ^ Three sites are envisaged on either side of Mbamu Island: downstream between the two capitals, in N'Gombé or upstream in Maluku. The crossings are then composed either of two cable-stayed bridges with 240 metres (790 ft) main spans on the two waterways or of a single structure with a 420 metres (1,380 ft) main span.[4]
  • References
  1. ^ Janberg, Nicolas. "Matadi Suspension Bridge". Structurae.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Mizohata, Yasuo; Tatsumi, Masaaki; Takamatsu, Masanobu. "Matadi Bridge (Le Pont Maréchal) Construction Project". Jsce.or.jp - Japan Society of Civil Engineers. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Ito, M.; Yachida, M.; Naruse, T. (August 1980). "Matadi Bridge over the Zaire River". IABSE 11th congress report - E-periodica.ch. Vienna: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: 761-766. doi:10.5169/seals-11350. ISBN 3-85748-021-1.
  4. ^ a b Frémont, Guy; Mattras, Rémy; Nappi, Jean-Bernard (October 2014). Science et Industrie S.A. (ed.). "Études amont d'un pont route-rail entre Brazzaville (RC) et Kinshasa (RDC)" [Preparatory studies for a road-rail bridge between Brazzaville (RC) and Kinshasa (DRC)] (PDF). Revue Travaux (in French). 909. Fédération nationale des travaux publics (FNTP): 32–38. ISSN 0041-1906.
  5. ^ "Congo-Congo Congo crossing connection construction". Worldhighways.com. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "Road-rail bridge between Brazzaville and Kinshasa". Africanews. May 16, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

Further reading

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  • Prade, Marcel (1990). "Le Congo". Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe [The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 22. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
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