Selander Bridge

Selander Bridge
Daraja la Selander  (Swahili)
Coordinates 6°47′46.69″S 39°16′52.81″E / 6.7963028°S 39.2813361°E / -6.7963028; 39.2813361Coordinates: 6°47′46.69″S 39°16′52.81″E / 6.7963028°S 39.2813361°E / -6.7963028; 39.2813361
Carries 4 lanes dual carriageway
Crosses Msimbazi Creek
Locale Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam
Owner Government of Tanzania
Characteristics
Total length 85 metres (279 ft)
Design life Modern bridge (1980-)
History
Opened 1929

Selander Bridge is a bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that connects the city centre to the northern Oyster Bay neighbourhood. It was constructed in 1929 and is named after John Einar Selander, Tanganyika's first Director of Public Works.[1]

The present bridge was funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency in 1980 and was its first road project in Tanzania.[2] It lies along the Ali Hassan Mwinyi road.

References

  1. ↑ Brennan, James R.; Burton, Andrew; Lawi, Yusuf (2007). Dar es Salaam: Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis. Page 104, Mkuki na Nyota. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "30 Years Of JICA Tanzania Office (1980-2010)" (PDF). Page 6, Japan International Cooperation Agency. 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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