Bridge Name: | Kirumi Bridge |
Carries: | T4 road (2 lanes) |
Crosses: | Mara River |
Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Designer: | COWIconsult |
Design: | Cable-stayed bridge |
Spans: | 3 |
Fabricator: | Cordioli & C Steel Construction S.p.A. (Italy) |
Begin: | 1980 |
Cost: | US$ 10 million |
Open: | November 1985 |
Inaugurated: | 14 October 1985 |
Kirumi Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in northern Tanzania across the Mara River on the border of Butiama and Rorya Districts of Mara Region.[1] Its construction was financed via a loan from the African Development Fund.[2] It was inaugurated in October 1985 by Julius Nyerere, the country's first president.