Kazungula Bridge

Kazungula Bridge
Kazungula Bridge
	Kazungula Bridge under construction over the Zambezi, at the duo-tripoint between Namibia and Zimbabwe, and crossing between Botswana and Zambia
Coordinates	17°47′28″S 25°15′45″E / 17.79111°S 25.26250°E
Carries	2 lanes of A33 / M19 (1 each way), pedestrian traffic and railway line
Crosses	Zambezi
Locale	Kazungula, Botswana; Kazungula, Zambia;
Official name	Kazungula Bridge
Maintained by	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Botswana); Ministry of Transport and Communications (Zambia);
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	923 m (3,028 ft)
Longest span	129 m (423 ft)
No. of spans	4
Piers in water	4
No. of lanes	2
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
History
Construction start	5 December 2014
Construction end	December 2020
Construction cost	$259,300,000
Inaugurated	10 May 2021
Replaces	Kazungula Ferry
Location

Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge over the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Botswana at the town of Kazungula. The 923-metre-long (3,028 ft) by 18.5-metre-wide (61 ft) bridge has a longest span of 129 metres (423 ft) and links the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botswana. The bridge features a single-line railway track between two traffic lanes and walkways for pedestrians.^[2]

Before the bridge was opened for traffic in May 2021, direct traffic between the two countries was possible only by ferry. The bridge takes advantage of the short 135-metre (440 ft) border the two countries share at the river,^[3] and is curved to avoid the nearby borders of Zimbabwe and Namibia.^[4]^[5]

^ "Botswana and Zambia open $260m Kazungula bridge". BusinessDay. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Mwale, Chimwemwe (6 September 2007). "Trade boom lies in wait for Kazungula Bridge". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Botswana–Zambia Land Boundary". Sovereign Limits. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "2. Project description and Justification", Zambia Botswana Kazungula Bridge Project ESIA Summary July 2011 (PDF), African Development Bank Group, July 2011, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015, retrieved 30 January 2018, The bridge has been designed as an extra-dosed road-rail bridge configuration with middle deck sections of 129m, and 4 piers in the river, with a total length of 923m. It follows a curved alignment layout to avoid the border area in the Zambezi waters between Botswana and Zimbabwe, where the exact border positions have not been ratified.
^ Ganetsang, Godfrey (4 September 2014). "Daewoo E&C wins $161m tender for Kazungula Bridge". Sunday Standard. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[1] "Botswana and Zambia open $260m Kazungula bridge". BusinessDay. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[2] Mwale, Chimwemwe (6 September 2007). "Trade boom lies in wait for Kazungula Bridge". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[3] "Botswana–Zambia Land Boundary". Sovereign Limits. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[4] "2. Project description and Justification", Zambia Botswana Kazungula Bridge Project ESIA Summary July 2011 (PDF), African Development Bank Group, July 2011, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015, retrieved 30 January 2018, The bridge has been designed as an extra-dosed road-rail bridge configuration with middle deck sections of 129m, and 4 piers in the river, with a total length of 923m. It follows a curved alignment layout to avoid the border area in the Zambezi waters between Botswana and Zimbabwe, where the exact border positions have not been ratified.

[5] Ganetsang, Godfrey (4 September 2014). "Daewoo E&C wins $161m tender for Kazungula Bridge". Sunday Standard. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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