Selander Bridge is a bridge in

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the ...

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that connects the north west of

's city centre to the south eastern Oyster Bay neighbourhood.

History

It was first constructed in 1929 and is named after John Einar Selander, Tanganyika's first Director of Public Works. The present bridge was donated by the government of Japan as a token of cooperation between the governments of Japan and Tanzania, by

Japan International Cooperation Agency The Japan International Cooperation Agency (), also known as JICA'','' is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social gr ...

in 1980 and was its first road project in Tanzania. The current four-lane bridge was built in the same year. It lies along the

Ali Hassan Mwinyi Ali Hassan Mwinyi (8 May 1925 – 29 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the second president of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995. Previous posts included Minister for Home Affairs and Vice President. He a ...

road.

Tanzanite Bridge

Construction of the new bridge over the Msimbazi delta near the Indian ocean which costs 258.3 billion Tanzanian shillings, will connect roads linking Aga Khan Hospital and Coco beach. The project will help to reduce the road traffic congestion. As of September 2021, the project had been completed by 93 percent, and was set to be ready by December the same year however, the bridge was completed in Jan 2022 and started its operation on February 1. It was constructed with the concessional loan from the Republic of Korea, EDCF.

References

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