Matadi Bridge

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Matadi Bridge / OEBK Bridge
Coordinates	5°49′28″S 13°26′02″E / 5.824466°S 13.433865°E / -5.824466; 13.433865
Crosses	Congo River
Locale	Matadi
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	722 metres (2,369 ft)
Longest span	520 metres (1,710 ft)
History
Construction start	1979
Opened	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Location

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. It was completed in 1983 by a consortium of Japanese companies. With a main span of 520 metres (1,710 ft), it was the longest suspension bridge in Africa from its inauguration until the 2018 opening of the Maputo–Katembe bridge.^[1] The bridge crosses the Congo River at its narrowest point, just downstream from the port of Matadi. It is in fact the only bridge across the Congo River proper, some other bridges span the Lualaba River, a tributary of the Congo.