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title: "Rusumo Bridge – Rwanda"
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# Rusumo Bridge – Rwanda

![Rusumo Bridge – Rwanda](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/systra-bridges-to-prosperity-2023-rusumo-rwanda_2-scaled.jpg)

**The SYSTRA Group mobilised 10 of its employees from 7 different countries to work alongside Bridges to Prosperity to build a 59-metre suspension footbridge in the Rulindo district of Rwanda’s Northern Province.**

During the rainy season, the Nyirakibuye river in northern Rwanda regularly
floods. It poses a constant risk to the inhabitants of the Rulindo district,
first and foremost schoolchildren from Sayo Primary and Gakenke Secondary
schools, tea plantation workers, and families travelling to the Sayo medical
centre. 

To ensure safe passage for local residents, SYSTRA teams worked with the NGO
Bridges to Prosperity over a two-week period to build the Rusumo suspension
bridge, a nearly 60-metre structure linking the two banks of the Nyirakibuye
river. Robust and durable, this steel bridge is guaranteed for 25 years, and is
maintained by the Rwandan workers who built it. 

Built with locals, this structure is already having a positive impact on the
local communities. By bringing the Rulindo district closer to the Gicumbi
district, it provides over 4,000 people with safe access to the main services
and shops in the area.

The economic benefits are measurable, with an average increase in income of 30%
for tea plantation workers.

This is the second solidarity bridge to be built by SYSTRA in Rwanda, after the
Shyagari bridge, due to be erected in 2022. 

The Rusumo bridge is a symbolic milestone for our stakeholders, as it is the
500th bridge built by Bridges to Prosperity worldwide, and the 200th solidarity
bridge built in Rwanda. 

## Rusumo Bridge in photos:

Some examples of projects in Tunnels and bridges, Bridges and viaducts

[  Baraje-Rubyiro Suspension Trailbridge – Rwanda ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/baraje-rubyiro-suspension-trailbridge-rwanda/)
[  The Brenner Base Tunnel – Italy ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/the-brenner-base-tunnel-italy/)
[  Shyagari Bridge – Rwanda ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/shyagari-bridge-rwanda/)
[  Itaparica Bridge – Brazil ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/itaparica-bridge-brazil/)
[  A bridge dedicated to active modes – Norway ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/a-bridge-dedicated-to-active-modes-norway/)
[  SR 520 Evergreen point floating bridge – United States ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/sr-520-evergreen-point-floating-bridge/)

[ See a selection of SYSTRA's projects ](https://www.systra.com/en/our-projects/)