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Bombi Bridge
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Bombi Bridge
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Bombi Bridge
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Bombi Bridge
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Bridging The Gap : The Galana River. A meandering, flood-prone channel in eastern Kenya filled with crocodiles and hippos. Each year there are countless deaths due to crocodile and hippo attacks, especially among children. Flash floods are also a constant threat to the local people of the Galana river region. Bridging The Gap is a non-profit organization that builds footbridges for marginalized communities across Sub-Saharan Africa. Derek Roulston, of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, approached Bridging The Gap with a request for a bridge over the Galana. This bridge would connect an elementary school and clinic on the north side of the river with the main highway and agricultural lands on the south side. Harmon Parker, Bridging The Gap’s founder and director, along with professional engineer Chris Rollins, found the Helvetas suspension footbridge design to be most suitable for the surveyed region, known as Bombi. Together, with Bridging The Gap’s welder and construction supervisor Sylvester Ouko, Bridging The Gap worked with a team of dedicated local workers from Bombi to set about building the first suspension footbridge of this kind ever attempted in East Africa. This is the story of the Bombi Community Footbridge. Written, directed, and edited by Justin Edwards. www.bridgingthegapafrica.org
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General Information

Other name(s): Galana River Footbridge
Beginning of works: 2008
Completion: 2009
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Single-span two-tower suspension bridge
Function / usage: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Material: Steel bridge
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Location

Location:
Location description:

Over the Galana river near the Sala Gate to Tsavo Park, 80km west of Malindi and 16km east of the ADC river crossing in in eastern Kenya
Coordinates: 3° 5' 17.08" S    39° 28' 49.06" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

width 1.08 m
length 111.65 m
pier height 3.0 m
pylons height 11.05 m

Notes

This project represents the first application of the Helvetas Nepal BBLL (Bridge Building at the Local Level) N-Type suspension bridge outside of the Himalayan region.

The bridge was built entirely using hand tools, diesel powered generator/welder, diesel powered concrete mixer, abney level, builder's level; all concrete was placed by hand and all excavation was done using hand tools only.

Participants

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  • Structure-ID
    20047821
  • Published on:
    21/08/2009
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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