Second Abidjan Bridge
Second Abidjan Bridge is a road bridge over the Ébrié Lagoon which links the two halves of the city of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. The structure is a girder bridge, hollow box bridge with ten spans, two spans of 35 m and eight spans of 58 m each thus resulting a total length of 592 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Ivory Coast
- Also known as: “Pont General de Gaulle” and “Pont Général de Gaulle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium and Grand Hôtel Abidjan.
Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Zenman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, nicknamed Le Félicia, is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby union and athletics, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium is situated 1½ km northwest of Second Abidjan Bridge.
Grand Hôtel Abidjan
Hotel
Photo: Abiba Pauline, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grand Hôtel Abidjan is situated 400 metres northwest of Second Abidjan Bridge.
Houphouët-Boigny Bridge
Bridge
Houphouët-Boigny Bridge is a road and rail bridge over the Ébrié Lagoon which links the two halves of the city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The structure is a girder bridge, hollow box, double deck bridge with eight spans of 46.5 m, each thus resulting a total length of 372 m. Houphouët-Boigny Bridge is situated 1 km west of Second Abidjan Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abidjan and Treichville.
Abidjan
Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Serving as the capital from 1933 until 1983, Abidjan is the biggest and most important city of Cote d'Ivoire. With a population of around 4,000,000 people, it is the second largest city in West Africa after Lagos and has historically been the economic power base of the region.
Treichville
Suburb
Treichville is a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Treichville is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Port-Bouët, Koumassi, and Marcory.
Le Plateau
Suburb
Photo: Rjruiziii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Plateau is the central business district of Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. The Plateau is surrounded by the municipality of Yopougon to the west, to the south by the Ébrié Lagoon.
Second Abidjan Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Abidjan Autonomous District, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.31578° or 5° 18′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.0101° or 4° 0′ 36″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
6CQQ8X8Q+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 307221091OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Second Abidjan Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戴高樂將軍大橋”
- Dutch: “Second Abidjan Bridge”
- French: “Pont Charles-de-Gaulle”
- French: “pont Général-de-Gaulle”
- French: “Pont Général-de-Gaulle”
- Spanish: “Segundo puente de Abiyan”
- Spanish: “Segundo puente de Abiyán”
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