Chirundu Bridge

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Zambezi

Chirundu Bridge is the common name for two adjacent road bridge over the Zambezi River between the same locations on the north shore Chirundu, Zambia Chirundu and on the south bank in Zimbabwe. Chirundu Bridge is one of only five road bridges across the Zambezi. It is the most important part of the road link between Lusaka and Harare, the capital cities of the two countries.

Otto Beit Bridge

The Otto Beit Bridge is a two-lane suspension bridge with a length of 382 m and a span of 320 m.

Your pylons are made to the track support reaching concrete pillars. On these pillars of the superstructure of pylons is formed by vertical, narrow truss, which are connected together and stiffened by several diagonal steel beams. The carrying cables consist of parallel wire cables that were bundled prior to assembly into strands of 37 wires each, and as such drawn on the pylons and then shaped by rope presses to support cables. This one did avoid the costly air spinning process and the arrival of the necessary professionals. The carrying cables carry only the bridge deck between the pylons, which is stiffened by light but relatively high trusses. The short gap between the pylons and the high banks is bridged by simple timber ramps, which rest on the pylons and at the ends of the bridge.

The Otto Beit Bridge was one of four road bridges ( and a railway bridge ), that of the 1906 deceased German -British- South African gold and diamond magnate Alfred Beit was commissioned by the Beit Trust, to make roads in what was then Rhodesia and generally in southern Africa. The bridge is named after Alfred Beit brother Otto.

The planning of the bridge and the corresponding road connecting the consulting engineers Sir Douglas & Francis Fox, London, were commissioned, who worked as looking ahead and providing bauleitende engineers on almost all railways in Southern Africa at this time. In the engineering firm Ralph Freeman was responsible for the bridge, which had already been involved in the planning Sydney Harbour Bridge and guided the planning of the Birchenough Bridge. Was built the bridge of the English steel construction company Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co.. The opening ceremony took place on 24 May 1939 in the presence of Lillian Beit, widow of Otto Beit, and the British governors of North and South Rhodesia instead.

The original two-lane bridge is only one lane open from modern trucks and could not cope with the increased traffic loads. Since the opening of the new Chirundu Bridge it is therefore no longer used.

Chirundu Bridge ( 2003)

The second Chirundu Bridge is 90 m above the Otto Beit Bridge. She is a 400 m long, two-lane prestressed concrete box girder bridge, the three spans are supported by two concrete piers in the stream (whose floods have now been tamed by the Kariba Dam ). It was in the years 1999 to 2003 by the Japanese company Kajima Corporation with support from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan - MOFA ) built.

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