List of bridges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Major bridges

		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″S13°26′3.1″E / 5.825389°S 13.434194°E / -5.825389; 13.434194 (Matadi Bridge)	Kongo Central	[1] [2] [3]
	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] [4] [5] [6]

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of roads in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of crossings of the Congo River

Notes and references

• 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. 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

• 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.