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The Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge is a proposed road-rail bridge planned to connect Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which are major capital cities on the Congo River.〔http://www.mbendi.com/proj/p1p7.htm〕〔http://www.speedylook.com/Pont_between_Kinshasa_and_Brazzaville.html〕〔http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=293,174339&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&press_item=30772202&press_lang=us〕 The bridge would need to be about 4 km long. == Advantages == * Amongst other things, the proposed bridge would connect Kinshasa via rail to the deepwater 10.46m draft port at Pointe Noire 〔http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo/1143.htm〕 rather than the shallower 8.20m draft river port at Matadi.〔http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo%20(Democratic%20Republic)/1148.htm〕 * The railway systems of both countries use the same gauge, namely * With ever bigger ships, shipping companies prefer to use fewer ports. * The connected railways can share rolling stock which saves capital costs. * If one line is closed, for example by floods, traffic can be diverted to the other line. * There are potential lines from Angola and Namibia which would create a better network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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