The Gabriel Tucker Bridge formerly the People's Bridge, is a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

over the

Mesurado River Mesurado River is a river of Liberia. It flows through the capital of Monrovia and is crossed by the Gabriel Tucker Bridge, People's Bridge, built in the 1970s.Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

. It was built between 1972 and 1976. The construction caused some minor disruption to local settlements and the

Liberian National Museum The National Museum of Liberia is a national museum in Monrovia, Liberia. Initially housed in the First Executive Mansion on Ashmun Street of the city which is now used as a library, it was established by an Act of the Legislature of Liberia, Natio ...

had to be relocated in the mid-1970s to make room for its construction. It was designed by Gabriel Johnson Tucker, and the bridge was named in his honor by Liberian President William R. Tolbert. The bridge connects United Nations Drive to

Bushrod Island Bushrod Island is an island near Monrovia, Liberia surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Saint Paul River, the Mesurado River and Stockton Creek (a tidal channel that connects the two rivers). It contains the Freeport of Monrovia, the major na ...

via Providence Island. Retrieved on May 4, 2008

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Bridges in Liberia Bridges completed in 1976 Mesurado River Buildings and structures in Monrovia 1976 establishments in Liberia {{Africa-bridge-struct-stub