Nelson Mandela Bridge

Nelson Mandela Bridge seen in an evening sunset. The 284 metre long Nelson Mandela Bridge, starts at the end of Jan Smuts Avenue and linking Braamfontein to the Cultural precinct in Newtown. The Nelson Mandela Bridge, officially opened by Nelson Mandela himself, cost R38-million and took two years of construction to cross over the 40 railway lines that lie spread beneath its span. The bridge carries two lanes of traffic; there are two sidewalks for pedestrians and a bicycle lane. Nelson Mandela Bridge was judged ‘the most outstanding civil engineering project achievement in the technical excellence category’ in 2003 by the SA Institute of Civil Engineers.