The Selander Bridge

Daraja la Selander (Swahili)
Coordinates6°47′46.69″S 39°16′52.81″E / 6.7963028°S 39.2813361°E / -6.7963028; 39.2813361
Carries4 lanes dual carriageway
CrossesMsimbazi delta
LocaleAli Hassan Mwinyi Road, Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
OwnerGovernment of Tanzania
Websitewww.mwtc.go.tz
Characteristics
Total length85 metres (279 ft)
Design lifeModern bridge (1980– )
History
Opened1929
Location
View along Selander Bridge during the day time. This picture is facing towards the east.

Selander Bridge is a bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that connects the north west of Dar es Salaam's city centre to the south eastern Oyster Bay neighbourhood.

History

It was first constructed in 1929 and is named after John Einar Selander , Tanganyika's first Director of Public Works.[1]

The present bridge was donated by the government of Japan as a token of cooperation between the governments of Japan and Tanzania, by Japan International Cooperation Agency in 1980 and was its first road project in Tanzania.[2] The current four-lane bridge was built in the same year. It lies along the Ali Hassan Mwinyi road.

Tanzanite Bridge

Construction of the new bridge over the Msimbazi delta near the Indian ocean which costs 258.3 billion Tanzanian shillings, will connect roads linking Aga Khan Hospital and Coco beach. The project will help to reduce the road traffic congestion.[3][4] As of September 2021, the project had been completed by 93 percent, and was set to be ready by December the same year[5] however, the bridge was completed in Jan 2022 and started its operation on February 1.[6] It was constructed with the concessional loan from the Republic of Korea, EDCF.

References

  1. ↑ Brennan, James R.; Burton, Andrew; Lawi, Yusuf (2007). Dar es Salaam: Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis. Page 104, Mkuki na Nyota. ISBN 9789987449705. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "30 Years Of JICA Tanzania Office (1980-2010)" (PDF). Page 6, Japan International Cooperation Agency. 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "JPM flags off construction of Sh260bn bridge". The Citizen (Tanzania). December 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Work set to begin on new Dar es Salaam bridge". The Citizen (Tanzania). July 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ "The 'Tanzanite Bridge' to start trial runs in December". September 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Tanzanite Bridge to start operations on February 1". The Citizen. January 30, 2022.


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