Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge
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The Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge is a proposed road-rail bridge planned to connect Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which are major capital cities on the Congo River.[1][2][3]
The bridge would need to be about 4 km long.
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[edit] Advantages
- Amongst other things, the proposed bridge would connect Kinshasa via rail to the deepwater 10.46m draft port at Pointe Noire [4] rather than the shallower 8.20m draft river port at Matadi.[5]
- The railway systems of both countries use the same gauge, namely 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- With ever bigger ships, shipping companies prefer to use fewer ports.
- The connected railways can share rolling stock which saves capital costs.
- If one line is closed, for example by floods, traffic can be diverted to the other line.
- There are potential lines from Angola and Namibia which would create a better network.
[edit] Disadvantages
- A minor detail would be to eventually unify couplers and brakes, etc., if not already compatible.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mbendi.com/proj/p1p7.htm
- ^ http://www.speedylook.com/Pont_between_Kinshasa_and_Brazzaville.html
- ^ http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=293,174339&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&press_item=30772202&press_lang=us
- ^ http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo/1143.htm
- ^ http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo%20(Democratic%20Republic)/1148.htm
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Coordinates: 04°15′33″S 15°17′05″E / 4.25917°S 15.28472°E
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