The bridge, which will span the 198-m-deep Msikaba river gorge, is being constructed by the CME joint venture (JV), a partnership between Concor and MECSA, both 100% black-owned Grade 9CE South African construction companies.

The bridge’s four huge anchor blocks are now at an advanced stage of construction, with more than 50% of the concrete for the two 127-m-high pylons poured, and the complex deck construction phase of the project about to start.

At 580 m in length, it will the longest cable-stayed bridge – in terms of main span – in Africa, and it will have the second longest main span of any bridge on the continent.

At 192 m above the floor of the gorge, it will also rank as one of the highest bridges in Africa, only exceeded by the Bloukrans bridge at 216 m and, once it is completed, Mtentu [bridge] at 223 m.

The bridge is being built from both the north and south banks of the gorge and comprises two identical halves, each spanning 290 m.

The halves will meet mid-point over the gorge.

Videography by MPSA DRONE WORX with permission of SANRAL

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