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Bridges & Roads in Gambia |
Introduction:
 In 1998 the
total road network in Gambia was 3,742 kilometres long consisting of
tarmac roads as well as gravel, soil, bridges,
feeder and farm roads. The Road Conditions Survey of 1998 showed
that only 21% of the road network was in good condition, 33%
regarded as fair and 46% as in critical condition.
The network has
increased recently due to the construction of
Kombo Coastal Roads Project and the Essau to Farafenni stretch with a bridge
at Kerewan in the North Bank funded by the Kuwaiti Government.
The planned construction of the Serrekunda - Mandina Ba Road
(Phase II)
jointly funded by the IDB, OPEC and government will further
expand the tarmac component.
The med-term aim is
to achieve the objectives of the highways transport sub-sector is
through private sector and government participation in route
rehabilitative maintenance and building. In the long term,
the functions of management, growth and roads
maintenance will be financed from resources of a special Road Fund and
transferred to the Highway Authority.
The total length of the
network of roads listed below are 190km of
tarmac or paved roads and
66km of graded laterite roads. The estimated cost is over D290 million.
These infrastructural developments are vital for the development
of the economic sectors of tourism, trade haulage, agriculture, fisheries
and the efficient movement of the labour force.
Road projects completed (1994 to 2007):
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Place Names:- |
Cost |
Length |
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Million |
Kilometres |
Airport Rd.
(dual
carriageway in complex) |
D4m |
2 |
| Army Barracks Rd. |
D300,000 |
0.6 |
| Bakau Main Rd. |
D450,000 |
2 |
| Basse Main Rd. |
D3.5m |
3.6 |
| Basse to Sabi Rd. |
D5m |
10 |
| Basse to Fatoto Rd. |
D6.5m |
40 |
| Basse to Yorobawol |
D3m |
6 |
| Essau to Kerewan |
D71m |
52 |
| Fatoto to Koina |
D5.5m |
10 |
| Ibo Town |
D1.2m |
1 |
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Kombo Coastal |
D168m |
112 |
| Kotu Silo Rd. |
D3.02m |
2.5 |
| Lamin to Mandinary |
D10m |
7 |
| Latkumba Lowe |
D4.2m |
1.5 |
| Tabokoto to Sinchu Alhagie |
D8m |
5.6 |
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| From newgambia.gm The above includes
conduits. |
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New / Proposed Roads |
Cost |
Length |
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Million |
Kilometres |
| Barra - Amdalaye |
D190.8 million |
20km |
| Basse - Sabi |
D166 million |
10.3km |
| Brikama – Darsilami – Dimbaya |
D99 million |
11km |
| Farafenni – Laminkoto |
D660 million |
115km |
| Mandinaba-Selete |
D88.92 million |
12.7km |
| Mandinaba - Soma Road |
D1.08 billion |
142km |
| Kerewan - Farafenni |
D360 m |
57km |
| Soma – Basse |
D486 million |
192.2km |
| Serrekunda – Mandinaba |
D510 million |
28km |
| Trans-Gambia Highway |
D252 million |
24.4km |
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On top of the above proposed and new roads and rehabilitations essential bridge
crossings have
been constructed.
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Bridges: |
D millions |
| Chamoi |
3m |
| Karansani |
2.3 |
| Kerewan Bridge |
43 |
| Sare Alpha |
2 |
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The above highways and routes come to a total length of over 600
Kilometres of paved or bituminised road and the total cost is
estimated to be D3.89 Billion.
Picture from
Flickr.
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