Juba Nile Bridge
The Juba Nile Bridge is composed of two adjacent 252 meter spans over the White Nile in Juba, South Sudan, on the Juba-Nimule Road, and until 2022 provided the only access over the River Nile to South Sudan. It was built in 1972 during the regime of General Gaafar Nimeiry, from two World War II era bridges. It was re-opened in January 2012 after major repair works following an accident in 2010 which left one lane of the bridge unusable for heavy vehicles. A new bridge, the Freedom Bridge, was opened in 2022 a small distance upstream. History The original Nile bridge crossing at Juba was built in 1974 by the Dutch construction company De Groot International under a United Nations programme. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees paid about one million dollar. The total cost of the bridge was 2.5 million. The Dutch government put up the remaining 1.5 million. On 15 March 1974 it was opened by general Gaafar Nimeiry. Up until that time an irregular ferry service was the only way to cross the Nile river for hundreds of miles. After the Sudan civil war the United Nations Commissioner For Refugees asked for help from the