Kigamboni Bridge
Kigamboni Bridge
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Damiaan V
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania19 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
If you do not want to take the ferry to Kigamboni you can also take the beige but: there is idiotic speed controls ( both sides 25 km!) ; the roads to the bridge are very unclear and far from finished. Do not take the bridge when it is raining unless you do have a proper 4 wheel drive. I simple cannot understand that you build a bridge this size without proper roads to and from it.
Written 1 January 2020
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davidboselie
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania35 contributions
Feb 2019 • Business
Hidden on the soutside of Dar es Salaam are a series of beautiful beaches. Best reachable via Kigamboni bridge if you chose to have your own transport
Written 12 May 2019
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Freedom M
Arusha Region, Tanzania19 contributions
Dec 2016 • Business
The bridge is awesome by looking at it from far. it has provided an easy access to Kigamboni area. the system of charging for the access is also good. During the night the lights on the bridge look beautiful.
Written 25 May 2017
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SalimM
London, UK1,912 contributions
Jan 2017 • Solo
A marvel and god sent for the locals as it has opened a new route previously only accessible by ferry. Cuts down on travel time and very convenient. At night it is lit up and is quite a sight. You pay a toll for the privilege of using the bridge. Beware though - as is the case in town and everywhere in this country, traffic police hang about to stop and trouble cars threatening to issue fines for speeding. And as you get off the bridge, the poor state of the country's road greets you - back to rough and dusty roads full of holes. Careful if you have a tooth filling.
Written 17 April 2017
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Afroexpert
Pretoria, South Africa20 contributions
Jan 2017 • Solo
On 20 April 2016 the president of Tanzania opened the Kigamboni bridge over the Kurasini Creek at the furthest, south-western end of the harbour of Dar es Salaam, 15 kms by road from the centre of the city, south-west along Sokoine Drive. It is not easily visible from the city, unless one has elevation in a high building. The bridge, built by the Chinese, is East Africa’s first cable-stayed bridge and consists of six motor lanes – three in each direction – and two pedestrian footways/cyclepaths in each direction. It is 680 metres long and is a wonder of modern bridge construction. Alas, to reach it, one has to thread one’s way through the dock area, with heavy tanker traffic and wrecked pothole-filled roads. Suddenly, with little warning, one passes from the 20th to the 21st centuries in less than a kilometre. The ramshackle dock road widens out into a modern approach road, wide, flat and smooth. Following the Kigamboni sign, the road bears to the left. Slow down to a crawl and strictly follow all the speed signs as the road approaches a weighbridge on the left and the place is crawling with parasites masquerading as traffic officers, quick to stop your car for some imagined offence. Shortly after, the speed limit rises to 60 kph and the road rises to reach the bridge. There is generally not much traffic. Alas, a safety barricade has been positioned slightly above eye-height on the left, and so the views of the harbour and the city are partly obscured by this long panel of metal. What a shame! On the far side of the bridge are a line of tollgates, there to collect the toll fee of Tsh2000/- per vehicle. You emerge from the toll booths, gaining speed, confident in the expectation that this wonderful road will continue to the sea when suddenly, with no warning, it feels as if you have lost all four of your tyres and you are riding on the metal wheel rims… They either ran out of money, or forgot to plan ahead and, in an instant, you are returned to a traditional rural Tanzanian dust road, transported from the 21st century back to the 19th century. And all within a short distance of this great achievement. There is no point in going on further at a speed of about 10kph. Buy yourself an ice-cream from one of the vendors, turn your car around, pay another Tsh2000/- and head for home. If you want to take good photographs of the city from the bridge, my suggestion would be to park the car on the approach side of the bridge, get out and walk along the pedestrian walkway. From the path you will have uninterrupted views to the North, along the line of the harbour towards Dar es Salaam. To obtain good photos of the bridge itself, I think you would need to visit a high building in Dar es Salaam, somewhere along the Kivukoni/Sekoine drives, armed with a 300mm or higher telephoto lens. Given the weekday traffic, the long slow approach through the docks and the non-existence of an end road to Kigamboni, you may even consider going back to using the 5-minute ferry across the narrow mouth of the estuary next to State House and the Fish Market!
Written 30 January 2017
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egorKuznetsov
Sochi, Russia11 contributions
Apr 2019 • Solo
Amazing views but some parts of the bridge taking photos is not allowed and there is no poster or sign , try to visit with a local for better experience
Written 23 April 2019
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kapangala
Arusha, Tanzania56 contributions
Nov 2018 • Solo
This bridge forms Dar es Salaam landmark. However there's sharp contrast on the feeder road to Kigamboni (rough, full of potholes)
Written 22 November 2018
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YvonnickJ-D
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia59 contributions
July 2018 • Couples
I regularly use the bridge to go to Kigambni on the other side of Dar Es Salaam, no more 2 hours queues waiting for the ferry. The bridge is convenient and the fee to cross is reasonable. Be careful of the trafic police checking that you keep the 30 Km/ hour before entering the bridge on Dar side. The fine is TSH 30'000 if you go faster.
Written 7 August 2018
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Scott N
Geelong, Australia161 contributions
Jan 2018 • Family
Makes travel in Dar beneficial to locals and tourists alike . Looks great at night leading roads into bridge is dirt tracks and industrial so to me it's a work in progress with potential long term benefits for the community .
Written 14 January 2018
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G8721RYalberts
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania15 contributions
May 2017
Kigambioni Bridge is one of the first unique bridge in East Africa it cross the Indian Ocean to Kigamboni High land.
Written 25 May 2017
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