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Pont Ruzizi II

Coordinates: 02°30′55″S 28°52′04″E / 2.51528°S 28.86778°E / -2.51528; 28.86778
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Pont Ruzizi II
Pont Ruzizi II
Coordinates02°30′55″S 28°52′04″E / 2.51528°S 28.86778°E / -2.51528; 28.86778
CarriesMotor vehicles, heavy weight
CrossesRuzizi River
LocaleBukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Official nameNone
Next downstreamPont frontalier
Characteristics
MaterialReinforced concrete, metal
Total length88 m
Width10 m
Clearance below23.2 m (75 feet)
History
Construction start1908
Construction end1920
Location
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The Pont Ruzizi II is one of bridges in Bukavu which serves as one of the borders customs between Democratic Republic of Congo in the town of Bukavu and Rwanda in the Cyimbogo region over the Ruzizi River.

This bridge is located at the rear of the mountain housing the Saio military camp, built in 1943 after the Congolese army's victory in Ethiopia over the Italian East Africa on June 8, 1941 during the Second World War.[1] The bridge was then built to allow trade between the German empire's Ruanda-Urundi and Belgian Congo, whose works lasted 12 years from 1908 to 1920.[2][3]

The bridge, 88 m long, is the first longest bridge in Bukavu city, located 20 km from Pont Ruzizi I, which also serves as the customs border with Rwanda at Cangungu.[2]

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