Kafue Railway Bridge

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Template:Short description The Kafue Railway Bridge was built to carry the Livingstone to Lusaka railway line in what is now Zambia over the Kafue River in 1906. It is a steel girder truss bridge of 13 spans each of Script error: No such module "convert". supported on concrete piers. It was built for Mashonaland Railways, later merged into Rhodesian Railways which operated the line from 1927[1] until succeeded in Zambia by Zambia Railways in 1966.

With a length of Script error: No such module "convert". the Kafue Railway Bridge was the longest bridge on the Rhodesian Railways network.[1] It includes nearly Script error: No such module "convert". of embankments raised about Script error: No such module "convert". where the line crosses the river's wider rainy season channel, and a lower embankment about Script error: No such module "convert". long where it crosses the river's the shallower floodplain to the south-west of the bridge.[2]

The town of Kafue is at the bridge's northern end and the Kafue Bridge on the T2 road is Script error: No such module "convert". downstream.[2]

See also

History of Zambia

References

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