Coordinates: 18°1′57″S 178°31′44″E / 18.03250°S 178.52889°E / -18.03250; 178.52889

Rewa Bridge

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The Rewa Bridge is a four-lane concrete girder road bridge over the Rewa River joining Suva and Nausori in Fiji. The bridge has a length of 425 metres (1,394 ft), comprising seven internal spans of 49.5 m and end spans of 39.25 m. It is the longest bridge in Fiji and the longest bridge of its type in the South Pacific.[1]

The bridge was funded by a partnership between the European Union and the government of Fiji and was constructed by Fletcher Construction for the government of Fiji between October 2003 and August 2006 for a cost of FJ$29.7 million.[2]

Old Rewa Bridge

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The new Rewa bridge replaced a 60-year-old structurally unsound steel bridge.[2] As of 2011, the old Rewa bridge was still in existence. A proposal was floated by the Nausori Town Council to use the old bridge as flea market.[3] However, in 2011, the Fijian Ministry of Works allocated FJ$1 million in order to dismantle the bridge so that the materials could be used for other bridges in the country.[4]

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