{"id":2624,"date":"2025-08-01T11:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimolai.gruppoyec.it\/media\/projects\/ponte-sullokavango\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:16:45","slug":"bridge-over-the-okavango","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.cimolai.com\/en\/progetti\/ponte-sullokavango\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponte sull&#8217;Okavango"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Owner:&nbsp;<\/strong>Roads Department Ministry of Transport &amp; Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gen. Contractor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Itinera &#8211;&nbsp;<em><strong>Cimolai SpA<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;JV Botswana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dimensions:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>length: 1,161 m<br>spans: right 605.5 m + 400 m + left 155.5 m<br>stays: 100 m + 200 m + 100 m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description:&nbsp;<\/strong>the steel deck consists of two double T main beams 2 m high. Centrally located is a 0.45 m high spine beam. The cable stayed bridge is supported by 72 cables anchored to the two 54 m high main pylons and made of truncated cone sections of steel of variable diameter and thickness that resemble the shape of elephant tusks. 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