Adomi Bridge

Adomi Bridge
Adomi Bridge at Atimpoku
Coordinates	6°14′22″N 0°05′44″E / 6.23944°N 0.09556°E / 6.23944; 0.09556
Carries	National Route N2
Crosses	Volta River, downstream of the Akosombo Dam
Locale	Atimpoku, Eastern Region, Ghana
Official name	Adomi Bridge
Other name(s)	Volta Bridge
Maintained by	Ghana Highway Authority
Characteristics
Design	silver crescent arch bridge with deck suspended from arch
Total length	334 m (1,096 ft)
Width	11.9 m (39 ft)
Longest span	245 m (804 ft)
History
Designer	Sir William Halcrow & Partners
Contracted lead designer	William Brown of Freeman Fox & Partners
Constructed by	Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd
Fabrication by	Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Construction start	March 1955
Construction end	January 1957
Construction cost	682 thousand British pounds
Opened	25 January 1957; 67 years ago (25 January 1957)
Statistics
Daily traffic	2 lanes of vehicular traffic
Location

The Adomi Bridge (originally the Volta Bridge) is a latticed steel arch suspension bridge crossing the Volta River at Atimpoku in Ghana in West Africa. It is the first permanent bridge to span the Volta River, which drains south into the Gulf of Guinea, and is Ghana's longest suspension bridge. It provides the main road passage, just south of the Akosombo Dam, between the Eastern Region and the Volta Region of Ghana. It was opened in 1957 by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president. The iconic crescent-shaped arch bridge is featured in Ghanaian stamps and currency.