Longest Bridge In Africa 2023

The longest bridge in Africa 2023 still remain the first October bridge which is located in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt.

Formerly, Third Mainland Bridge of Lagos State Nigeria used to be the longest Bridge In Africa, but it was overthrown from the position by the existence of the first October Bridge in 1996.

LONGEST BRIDGE IN AFRICA 2023

The longest bridge in Africa 2023 which is the first October bridge in Cairo Egypt has about 20.5 kilometers while the second ranking longest African Bridge, third mainland bridge has about 11.8 kilometers long, thereby using 8.7 kilometers to outrank the third mainland bridge in 1996 as the longest bridge in Africa, that’s almost a double what third Mainland Bridge has.

Third Mainland Bridge

The Third Mainland Bridge which is also called Ibrahim Babangida Bridge is the third bridge constructed between the Lagos island to the mainland and this is where the name “Third Mainland Bridge” comes from.

The phase one of the project was commission by president Shehu Shagari in 1980 and was later fully completed by the then president, president Ibrahim Babangida who actually named the bridge “Ibrahim Babangida Bridge“. And then bridge was constructed by the Julius Berger construction company.

Conclusion

So as it stands now, First October Bridge of Cairo Egypt is the current longest bridge in Africa in 2023 and will continue to dominate the position until a new bridge that will supercede it will exist.

However, Egypt currently own the longest and third longest bridge in Africa while Nigeria rank the second position.

HERE ARE TOP 5 LONGEST BRIDGE IN AFRICA

1: First October Bridge – Egypt

2: Third Mainland Bridge – Nigeria

3: Suez Canal Bridge – Egypt

4: Mozambique Island Bridge – Mozambique

5: Dona Ana Bridge – Mozambique

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