{{The Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA¬) has announced that construction of the bridge linking Rwanda and Tanzania at Rusumo Border crossing is nearly complete.
The ministry said construction was estimated to have reached 87.4% completion. Total completion is scheduled for November 2014 when the Bridge will be open for public use.
According to the engineers at the construction site, the bridge measures 80M long, and 13.5M wide. The bridge can also handle weight of 180 tonnes. The old bridge had limited carrying capacity of 53 Tonnes.
Construction works on the site are being carried out by two Japanese companies including; Chodai co. Ltd and Nippon koei co. Ltd.
The Japanese government pledged over Frw22Billion through JICA to construct the bridge.}}
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