Chirundu, Zambia to Chirundu, Zimbabwe, crossing the Zimbabwe-Zambia border
Characteristics
Design
Suspension Bridge
Total length
382 metres (1,253 ft)
Longest span
320 metres (1,050 ft)
History
Designer
Freeman Fox & Partners
Constructed by
Dorman Long
Construction start
1938
Construction end
1939
Location
The Chirundu Bridge now consists of two road bridges side by side across the Zambezi River between the small town of Chirundu, Zambia and the village of Chirundu, Zimbabwe. At this location around 65 km downstream from the Kariba Dam the river is about 400 m wide.[1] The bridges were once seen as part of a Cape to Cairo Road and thus are on the Harare to Lusaka section of the route.
Chirundu is the only town on the Zambezi where two bridges cross the river.
^Google Earth accessed 22 February: the bridges can be seen at decimal latitude/longitude coordinates -16.038453, 28.852057, with the north end in high definition.
The ChirunduBridge now consists of two road bridges side by side across the Zambezi River between the small town of Chirundu, Zambia and the village...
or ChirunduBridge. The limit was raised after repairs in 2006, but proposals for more fundamental rehabilitation or construction of a new bridge have...
river ChirunduBridge, connecting Chirundu, Zambia with Chirundu, Zimbabwe Chirundu (constituency), a parliamentary constituency in Zambia Chirundu District...
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mortar, rocket and machine-gun attack on Rhodesian army positions at the Chirundu border. In this engagement the RDR contributed, as first line of defence...
(where a Bronze Cross was awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Rae) in 1977 and at Chirundu in October 1978, where heavy-machine gun, artillery and mortar duels took...
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