Kigamboni Bridge, bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Nyerere Bridge, known locally as Kigamboni Bridge, is a 680-metre bridge with six vehicle lanes and two 2.5-metre pedestrian and cyclist lanes, one on each side. It crosses the Kurasini estuary between Kurasini ward in Temeke District and Vijibweni ward in Kigamboni District, with 2.5 km of approach roads.
Construction ran from February 2012 to April 2016, when President John Magufuli inaugurated the bridge and named it after Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzania's first president. It took over the crossing role of the ferry that had carried people and vehicles between Kigamboni and Kurasini; the Kigamboni–Kivukoni ferry still runs as an alternative.
The bridge is officially named after Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, and was inaugurated on 19 April 2016 by President John Magufuli. Locals still call it Kigamboni Bridge, after the district it serves, while the Swahili name Daraja la Julius Nyerere appears on official signage.
The bridge carries six vehicle lanes plus a 2.5-metre pedestrian and cyclist lane on each side. Approach roads total 2.5 km: 1 km on the Kurasini side in Temeke District and 1.5 km on the Kigamboni side. A toll plaza with 14 controlled lanes, seven per direction, regulates vehicles before they cross.
An elevated interchange connects the bridge directly to the Nelson Mandela expressway, creating a seamless link to one of the city's major traffic routes. This engineering solution allows vehicles to move efficiently between the bridge and the highway system without ground-level intersections.
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