Nelson Mandela Bridge

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Nelson Mandela Bridge
Coordinates	26°11′48″S 28°02′03″E / 26.1967°S 28.0342°E / -26.1967; 28.0342
Carries	Road and pedestrian traffic
Crosses	Railway yard (42 lines)
Locale	Johannesburg
Characteristics
Design	Dissing+Weitling
Total length	284m
Height	27m
Longest span	176m
History
Opened	2003
Location

Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the fourth of five bridges which cross the railway lines and sidings located just west of Johannesburg Park Station, the first being the Johan Rissik Bridge adjacent to the station. It was completed in 2003, and cost R38 million^[1] to build.^{[2][3][unreliable source?]} The proposal for the bridge was to link up two main business areas of Braamfontein and Newtown as well as to rejuvenate and to a certain level modernise the inner city. The bridge forms part of the M27 Route of Johannesburg.