Birchenough Bridge
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Birchenough Bridge is a historic steel arch road bridge over the Save River in Zimbabwe, renowned as one of the country’s major engineering landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birchenough Bridge canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | steel arch ⓘ |
| builder | Dorman Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Arch bridges
ⓘ
Bridges in Zimbabwe ⓘ Road bridges ⓘ Steel bridges ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| crosses | Save River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designer |
Dorman Long
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ralph Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | road traffic ⓘ |
| hasTraffic |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ |
| height | approximately 24 metres above river level ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major engineering landmark of Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Sydney Harbour Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Manicaland Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Birchenough Bridge village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSpan | 329.4 metres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Zimbabwe National Roads Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sir Henry Birchenough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historic engineering design
ⓘ
long steel arch span ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mutare–Masvingo road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Save River basin ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| tollStatus | toll bridge (historically) ⓘ |
| totalLength | 329.4 metres ⓘ |
| width | 7.2 metres ⓘ |
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