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 large cities astride the mighty Congo River that are capitals of their respective countries. [1] [2] [3]
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[edit] Details
The bridge would be about 4 km long.
[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.
[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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