Matadi Bridge

The Matadi Bridge, also known as the OEBK Bridge for Organisation pour l’équipement de Banana-Kinshasa, and formerly known as Pont Maréchal in French, is a suspension bridge across the Congo River at Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[1] The bridge crosses the Congo River at its narrowest point, just downstream from the port of Matadi.

Matadi Bridge was completed in 1983 by a consortium of Japanese companies, led by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries.

[2] It has a main span of 520 metres (1,710 ft) and crosses the Congo River.

[5] 25 million[clarification needed] of the bridge was paid for by the Japanese government at the request of President Mobutu at a cost of 34.5 billion Japanese yen.