Selander Bridge

The 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 delta
Locale	Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Owner	Government of Tanzania
Website	www.mwtc.go.tz
Characteristics
Total length	85 metres (279 ft)
Design life	Modern bridge (1980– )
History
Opened	1929
Location

View along Selander Bridge during the day time. This picture is facing towards the east.

Selander Bridge is a bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that connects the north west of Dar es Salaam's city centre to the south eastern Oyster Bay neighbourhood.

History[]

It was constructed in 1929 and is named after , Tanganyika's first Director of Public Works.^[1]

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 in 1980 and was its first road project in Tanzania.^[2] The current four-lane bridge was built in the same year. It lies along the Ali Hassan Mwinyi 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.^[3][4] As of September 2021, the project has been completed by 93 percent, and is set to be ready by December this year.^[5]As of January 2022, the bridge is almost complete.

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