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title: Shyagari Bridge – Rwanda
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# Shyagari Bridge – Rwanda

![Shyagari Bridge – Rwanda](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2022-bridges-to-prosperity-shyagari-scaled.jpg)

**In November 2022, SYSTRA brought together for the first time an international team of employees to build a suspended footbridge in the Muhanga district in the south of Rwanda.**

In November 2022, a joint team of 10 SYSTRA\* employees built a footbridge in
the village of Mushishiro. This 80-metre-long metal structure links two slopes
of a hill, in the heart of a forest and close to tea plantations, one of
Rwanda’s main agricultural activities.

This was SYSTRA’s first project in Rwanda, with a team made up of employees from
4 different countries and from a wide range of fields and areas of expertise:
systems engineering, infrastructure, digital engineering, and the environment.

Overlooking a river that regularly floods, the bridge is operational 7 days a
week, giving more than 2,600 inhabitants access to the main services and shops
in the area. Nearly a thousand schoolchildren can now go to school, while
farmers have seen their income increase by around 30% thanks to easier access to
local markets to sell their produce.

_\*This team was joined by a colleague from Michael Baker International_

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/)
[  Rusumo Bridge – Rwanda ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/rusumo-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/)