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(BRUXELLES2) This is a very European history that will mark the next bridge located in Bangui to connect 2nd, 3rd and 5th districts of the CAR capital, now divided by a canal. A symbolic bridge (*) as was also rebuilt in Mostar by Europeans.
The engineers of the Italian genius of the European operation of peacekeeping in CAR (EUFOR RCA) just completed successfully the installation of the modular testing metal bridge, with the supervision of military engineers ... Czech. One of the last steps before final implementation. A 30 meter length of test structure (comprising the ramps) was performed in a dedicated area of the base UCATEX in Bangui. The assembly was preceded by theoretical training on assembly technical procedures. Six modules - for a total of 1000 items and weighs 20 tons - were made to reproduce the structure
The bridge is a gift from the Czech Republic (it was originally manufactured in Poland). It was included in the list of demands made by the command of EUFOR RCA to Member States. And the decision was approved in the end by the Czech government in early December. This gift "should help improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of Bangui, the original bridge over the canal, which ensures the movement of people ecitie and goods transport between different parts of the city in the capital, was destroyed ecitie during the conflict ", explained the then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, General Jiří Baloun. ecitie The bridge should be given the name "Agnes of Bohemia." A name chosen after a competition in Czech schools. Agnes of Bohemia was the patron of the sick, the poor and the suffering, pushed for peace without wars and violence miraculously protect the country before the Czech war. A name still unconfirmed but there was engraved on a steel plate, which should be after the construction of the bridge structure.
Weighing 45 tons and a length of 24 meters, the bridge had to be dismantled before being transported, distributed ecitie in 1700 pieces, put on 141 pallets before being slipped into a Antonov An-124 Russian chartered in & rsquo