Kazungula Bridge

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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) and 18.5-metre-wide (61 ft) bridge, which has a longest span of 129 metres (423 ft), links the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botswana. Between the two traffic lanes and pedestrian footways there is a single railway line (although currently unconnected), which will eventually become a section in the proposed Mosetse–Kazungula–Livingstone Railway. The bridge construction, which took 7 years to complete, was overseen by the South Korean construction firm Daewoo E&C. Before the bridge was opened for traffic in May 2021, direct traffic between the two countries was possible only by the Kazungula Ferry. The bridge takes advantage of the short 135-metre (440 ft) border the two countries share at the river, and is curved to avoid the nearby borders of Zimbabwe and Namibia.

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