Tanzanian president inaugurates landmark bridge in commercial capital to ease traffic congestion

DAR ES SALAAM, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday inaugurated a landmark Tanzanite bridge and 5.2 kilometers of approach roads to the bridge in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

The 1.03-km bridge constructed under a 123 million U.S. dollars soft loan from the government of the Republic of Korea and 4.4 million U.S. dollars by the government of Tanzania was constructed by Korea GS Group with two sub-contractors from China.