Jinja Bridge

Jinja Bridge

The Jinja Bridge is a bridge under construction connecting Njeru to Jinga in Uganda. It is supposed to complement the existing bridge called Nalubaale Bridge. “As only the second crossing over the Victoria Nile in Uganda, the new Jinja Bridge will add critical capacity through an important economic corridor. The river creates a trade bottleneck in this landlocked African nation along the shores of Lake Victoria. The current crossing links the capital Kampala with the country’s regions east of the Nile along the Kenya border. The new 525 meter-long, cable-stayed bridge is budgeted at US$125 million, with the Japanese government financing 80 percent of the cost via a soft loan. A digital monitoring system will track stresses and strains to the bridge, to highlight any maintenance requirements” (KPMG).

(Image credits: Monitor)