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Nzi River Bridge Collapse
On 6 September 2016, the railway bridge over the Nzi River collapsed, cutting the rail link between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Partial services on the line resumed on 10 September, with repairs estimated to take about two weeks. Background The Nzi River Bridge is a steel railway bridge over the Nzi River near Dimbokro in Ivory Coast, built in 1910. It carries the single-track railway between Abidjan and Ouagadougou and also a foot bridge, and consists of a single span crossing the river flanked by smaller spans crossing the floodplain. According to local residents, it was rusty and in a poor state of repair.Agence France-Presse"Bridge collapse halts Ivory Coast-Burkina rail traffic" ''Times LIVE'', 8 September 2016; also a"Bridge collapse halts I.Coast-Burkina rail traffic" '' The Daily Star'', 8 September 2016"Bridge collapse halts I. Coast-Burkina rail traffic" ''Dawn'', 9 September 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont Colonial Créé Depuis 1910
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to: Places France * Pont, Côte-d'Or Pont is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France. The communes cooperate in t ..., in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-Farcy, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Oise, in the Oise ''département'' Elsewhere * Pont, Cornwall, England * Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales * Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales * in Ponteland, Northumberland *Du Pont, Switzerland, in the commune of L'Abbaye, Switzerland Other * Pont (surname) * Pont (Haiti), a political party led by Jean Marie Chérestal * Pont Rouelle, a bridge in Paris, France * Du Pont family * Graham L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |