Victoria Falls Bridge
Victoria Falls Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 17°55′42″S 25°51′26″E / 17.92833°S 25.85722°E |
| Carries | road, rail, foot traffic |
| Crosses | Zambezi River |
| Locale | Second Gorge of Victoria Falls, crossing the Zimbabwe-Zambia border |
| Maintained by | National railways of Zimbabwe and Zambia |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Parabolic arch |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 198 metres (650 ft) |
| Height | 128 metres (420 ft) |
| Longest span | 156.5 metres (513 ft) |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Piers in water | 0 |
| History | |
| Designer | G. A. Hobson |
| Constructed by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
| Construction start | 1904 |
| Construction end | 1905 |
| Location | |
The Victoria Falls Bridge crosses the Zambezi River just below the Victoria Falls and is built over the Second Gorge of the falls. As the river forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the bridge links the two countries and has border posts on the approaches to both ends, at the towns of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and Livingstone, Zambia.