Pont Ruzizi II
Pont Ruzizi II | |
|---|---|
 Pont Ruzizi II | |
| Coordinates | 02°30′55″S 28°52′04″E / 2.51528°S 28.86778°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, heavy weight |
| Crosses | Ruzizi River |
| Locale | Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Official name | None |
| Next downstream | Pont frontalier |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Reinforced concrete, metal |
| Total length | 88 m |
| Width | 10 m |
| Clearance below | 23.2 m (75 feet) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1908 |
| Construction end | 1920 |
| Location | |
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The Pont Ruzizi II is one of bridges in Bukavu which serves as one of the borders customs between Democratic Republic of Congo in the town of Bukavu and Rwanda in the Cyimbogo region over the Ruzizi River.
This bridge is located at the rear of the mountain housing the Saio military camp, built in 1943 after the Congolese army's victory in Ethiopia over the Italian East Africa on June 8, 1941 during the Second World War.[1] The bridge was then built to allow trade between the German empire's Ruanda-Urundi and Belgian Congo, whose works lasted 12 years from 1908 to 1920.[2][3]
The bridge, 88 m long, is the first longest bridge in Bukavu city, located 20 km from Pont Ruzizi I, which also serves as the customs border with Rwanda at Cangungu.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La réhabilitation du camp militaire Saio à Bukavu", Radio Okapi, April 25, 2007 (Retrieved May 19, 2020)
- ^ a b "Vers un poste frontière à Ruzizi II, au Sud-Kivu", International Organization for Migration (Retrieved May 19, 2020)
- ^ "Bukavu : Des véhicules bloqués à la frontière Ruzizi 2 entre la RDC (Bukavu) et le Rwanda depuis deux semaines", Congo Courriel, January 30, 2020 (Retrieved May 19, 2020)
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