The Kazungula Bridge Which Isolates Zimbabwe From Zambia And Botswana
4 May 2020
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Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge under construction over the Zambezi river between the countries of Zambia and Botswana at Kazungula.

In August 2007 the governments of Zambia and Botswana announced a deal to construct a bridge to replace the existing ferry.

Construction of the US$259.3 million project, which includes international border facilities in Zambia and Botswana officially began on 12 October 2014 and was due to be completed by 2021.

The bridge is being financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the African Development Bank.

The 923-metre-long (3,028 ft) by 18.5-metre-wide (61 ft) bridge will have a longest span of 129 metres (423 ft) and link the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botswana and is curved to avoid the nearby borders of Zimbabwe and Namibia.

 The bridge will feature a single-line railway track between two traffic lanes and pavements for pedestrians.

Upon its completion, the bridge will be connected to the Mosetse-Kazungula railway. to replace the existing ferry.

Recently, The Governments of the Republic of Botswana and Zambia through the Kazungula Bridge Project Office (KBPO) have hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their Interest in the following assignments: Consultancy Services for the Design and Development of Training Materials/Modules in Trade Facilitation & Border Management and Delivery of the Training of Trainers Programme.