Pont allemand d'Édéa - Brücke von Edea |
Edéa, Cameroon |
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
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Bridges and Tunnels
- Historic Engineering Landmarks
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Status from 11/2016
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Free entry. |
| Contact | Unknown contact data for this museum - please help via contact form. |
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Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Province. It lies on the Douala–Yaoundé railway line. The city is served by the Cameroon Railway, which crosses the Sanaga River at this point. |
| Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Japoma BridgeThe Japoma Bridge (also known as the Edea German Bridge or the German Bridge) is a railway bridge over the Sanaga River near Edea, CameroonThe steel arch bridge was designed and built by the Gutehoffnungshütte of Oberhausen. Before being delivered, the bridge was assembled in Germany so it could be tested. It was then disassembled and transported in pieces by boat to Cameroon in 1911. It measures 160m in length, and was the largest in Africa at the time of erection. The vertical columns starting at the arch grille are used as a suspension for the roadway. One half of the arch was first assembled on the ground and the other built on floating barges, which were then correctly assembled. It remains an architectural relic of the German colonial era in Cameroon. The strategic location of the bridge was seen during the First and Second Battles of Edea during World War I. The bridge was also visited by the entire German crew of the Wahehe, with certain officers going right up to the bank of the river, August 2, 1937, in what was thought to be a reconnaissance of the area. The bridge was the only passage point over the Sanaga Rivery for trains, vehicles and pedestrians until the early 80s. It is now used as a footpath and cycle track. |
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