Juba bridge
The Juba Bridge is a road bridge in the southeast of the city of Juba over the section of the Nile called Bahr al-Jabal in South Sudan . It connects Juba and South Sudan via Nimule with Uganda and Kenya in East Africa .
It is the only bridge over the Bahr al-Jabal in South Sudan, which flows through the country over a length of 1200 km. The next bridge upriver is the 445 road kilometers away bridge over the Albert Nile in Pakwach in northern Uganda , the next bridges downstream are the Kusti railway bridge around 1,300 kilometers away and the neighboring road bridge between Kusti and Rabak in Sudan .
The bridge consists of two superimposed parallel Bailey - steel - girder bridges , each with a road surface. The bridge is a total of 10 meters wide, 252 meters long and was built in the late 1970s / early 1980s.
Traffic is weight-restricted due to the age and construction of the bridge. Despite these precautionary measures, a roadway collapsed on November 6, 2006 due to a truck from Uganda overloaded with cement . Repair work on the bridge began immediately and was completed in late 2006.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horand Knaup: Sudan. The last step to freedom . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 2010, p. 123 ( online ).
- ↑ Repaired Nile bridge improves access to South Sudan capital ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report of a bridge repair dated February 21, 2012, on UNOPS.org
- ↑ Report on gurtong.net (English)
- ↑ Photos of the collapsed bridge
Coordinates: 4 ° 49 ′ 22.4 " N , 31 ° 36 ′ 30.6" E