ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia on Wednesday inaugurated a $14-million state-of-the-art bridge constructed over the Abay (Nile) River located 208 kilometres north of Addis Ababa.

The 300-metre-long and 9-metre-wide bridge, the first cable-stayed bridge in East Africa, was designed by Oriental Consultants Company Ltd of Japan.

The bridge was constructed alongside a 60-year old bridge built by an Italian construction firm. The government of Italy covered the cost of the older bridge as a compensation for the war damages it had caused during its brief occupation of Ethiopia in the 1930s.

Source: APA

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