Major bridges

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location District Ref.
1 Okavango River Bridge 200 m (660 ft) 1,161 m (3,809 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons
100+200+100
Road bridge
Okavango River
 2022 Shakawe–Goa
18°16′22.8″S 21°47′43.4″E / 18.273000°S 21.795389°E / -18.273000; 21.795389 (Okavango River Bridge)		 North-West District [S 1]
[1]
[2]
2 Kazungula Bridge 129 m (423 ft) 923 m (3,028 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, 6 concrete pylons
Rail-road bridge
54+85+5x129+85+54
A33 road
Mosetse–Kazungula–Livingstone Railway
Zambezi
 2020 Kasane–Kazungula
17°47′28.4″S 25°15′45.0″E / 17.791222°S 25.262500°E / -17.791222; 25.262500 (Kazungula Bridge)		 Chobe District
 Zambia		 [Note 1]
[S 2]
[3]
[4]


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References

  1. ^ The Kazungula Bridge is situated where the borders of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe come together at the confluence of the Cuando (also called Chobe) and Zambezi rivers, but it only crosses the Botswana–Zambia border.
  1. ^ "Okavango River Bridge".
  2. ^ "Kazungula Bridge".
  1. ^ Grassl, Martin; Benz, Thomas (November 2010). "Okavango River Bridge in Botsuana, Afrika – Elefantenzähne für den Okavango" [Okavango River Bridge in Botswana, Africa - Elephant teeth for the Okavango] (PDF). Stahlbau (in German). 79 (11). Ernst & Sohn: 854–862. doi:10.1002/stab.201001375. ISSN 1437-1049.
  2. ^ "Inaugurated in Botswana the bridge on the Okavango River realized by Itinera". Itinera-spa.it. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Frémont, Guy; Yi Wu, Ze; Lavigne, Thomas (March 2011). Science et Industrie S.A (ed.). "Le pont multi-haubané de Kazungula sur le Zambèze" [The Kazungula multiple-cable-stayed bridge over the Zambezi] (PDF). Revue Travaux (in French). 879. Fédération nationale des travaux publics (FNTP): 115–121. ISSN 0041-1906.
  4. ^ "US$259m Kazungula Bridge linking Botswana and Zambia launched". Constructafrica.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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