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Ponte Nelson Mandela

Johannesburg, Italy

Ponte Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the fourth of five bridges which cross the railway lines and sidings located just west of Johannesburg Park Station, the first being the Johan Rissik Bridge adjacent to the station. It was completed in 2003, and cost R38 million

to build. The proposal for the bridge was to link up two main business areas of Braamfontein and Newtown as well as to rejuvenate and to a certain level modernise the inner city. The bridge forms part of the M27 Route of Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Southern Africa, for 21 years, until it was overtaken by the Msikaba Bridge.

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