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The 13 bay, 39m Tsomo bridge was the first to be installed and took just three days to install. On completion, the installation components were transferred for re-use at the Bengu Bridge site.
The Bengu Bridge, at 62m, was the longest of the three bridges, and featured two equal spans.
The final 2-span, 52m Thabane Bridge was also installed across a very steep valley in the Drakensburg mountains, Free State.
The installation of the three bridges in the East Cape and Free Sate Provinces has had a positive effect on local communities. Children can safely reach schools, families can access markets and healthcare, and workers can more easily go about their day-to-day business.
The capacity of the bridges means they are ‘future-proof’, so whilst they were originally installed to enable pedestrian crossing, they are also capable of carrying vehicular traffic in keeping with the Province’s plans for future road infrastructure development.