Mozambique: Over 135,000 Vehicles Used Suspension Bridge in First Month

Maputo — Slightly more than 135,000 vehicles used the suspension bridge over the Bay of Maputo in the first month since it was opened, on 10 November, according to Silva Magaia, chairperson of Maputo-Sul, the public company in charge of the bridge, and of the roads that connect it to the tourist resort of Ponta do Ouro and the border with the South African province of Kwazulu-Natal.

Interviewed by the independent television station STV, Magaia said the flow of vehicles across the bridge is about 4,500 a day, which is higher than the initial projections of 4,000 vehicles a day during the first year in the life of the bridge.

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