Talk:Matadi Bridge

Rail
There is space for the rail inside of the bridge, but rails where never there. It is for a future Matadi-Boma-Banana line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.85.133.241 (talk) 18:43, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

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"The bridge is designed in a way to emphasize that the towers are made up of bar members, with each tower being a single rigid frame. 25 million of 34.5 million Japanese yen invested in the bridge returned to Japan. During war time the bridge was guarded and still remains as of 2016." I don't really understand what this means: emphasising towers made up of bar members, returning investment - whose investment? returned for what reason and to whom? Which war? The first or second Congo war? The first of second World War? Also the references are dead. Francis Hannaway (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Removed longest suspension bridge in Africa claim
The claim that this bridge was the longest suspension bridge in African is dubious. I've been to Matadi and visited the bridge. Everyone I met was convinced that not only was it the longest suspension bridge in Africa ... it was the longest bridge in Africa ... if not the world! I feel that whoever edited this page fell into the same dreamworld. The claim on this page is that it was the longest suspension bridge in Africa until 2018 when a longer bridge was built in Mozambique. I suspect there have been several longer suspension bridges in Africa and will give the example of the Samora Machel Bridge, which was completed in 1973, before the Matadi bridge. It has a total length of 762 metres compared to the Matadi Bridge's 722 metres. Now it's quite possible that the claim should have been for the suspension bridge with the longest single span - in which case it would beat the Samora Machel Bridge, however, that claim was not made. It's quite possible that there are other bridges that were longer than the Matadi Bridge at the time of its construction - but I don't have that information. I have therefore removed the claim until it is proven. Francis Hannaway (talk) 19:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)