Project Pipeline

Overall Scope: Build a road-rail bridge linking the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital Kinshasa with the Republic of Congo’s (RoC) capital Brazzaville

Specific Scope: 

• Build a 1.575 km-long toll bridge over the Congo River, located 65 km from Brazzaville on the Maloukou Trechot site and 87 km from Kinshasa on the Malukuin site
• The bridge is planned to include 10 structural bays, two road lanes, a single railway track, sidewalks and border checkpoints
• The total width of the road, including sidewalks, will be 16.24 metres
• Access roads of 3.2 km and 6.8 km will be constructed on the river's right bank (RoC) and left bank (DRC) respectively

Connecting Routes:

• RoC: Construct the 26km Yie-Maloukou Trechot road and upgrade the 23km road linking Yie to the Special Economic Zone of Maloukou Trechot
• DRC: Build the 27km Maluku-RN1 Junction road and the 40km Greater Kinshasa bypass road
• Project Value:
• More than 5 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of freight are expected to cross the road-rail bridge each year
  
   
• The road-rail bridge will be connected to the Kinshasa-Ilebo railway, which is planned for extension
• The bridge is part of the Central African section of the Tripoli-Windhoek-Cape Town trade corridor (Trans-African Highway 3) between Libya, Namibia and South Africa
• Its construction will facilitate the connection of the capitals of Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, RoC and DRC
• Ultimately, the bridge is expected to complete the trade corridor connecting the continent’s Atlantic Ocean coast on the west to the Indian Ocean coast on the east.