Great East Road
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The Great East Road is a major road in Zambia and the main route linking its Eastern Province with the rest of the country. It is also the major link between Zambia and Malawi and between Zambia and n
Great East Road in 2024 07
Great East Road in northeast Lusaka
The Luangwa Bridge
Traffic sign on the Great East Road at the junction with the M12 in Chipata
Luangwa Bridge
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The Luangwa Bridge is the only large bridge and the principal engineering challenge on Zambia's Great East Road, crossing the lower Luangwa River where it flows from the Luangwa Rift Valley into the Z
Great East Road
…Crossing the steep terrain of the lower Luangwa valley was a major challenge. The 1929 track was usually closed in the rainy season, and so the first Luangwa Bridge was built in 1932 with funding from the Beit Trust. On the eastern side, once the road had climbed up the difficult terrain onto the Luangwa-Zambezi…
view from the bridge in mid-October
View across the bridge