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Major Eastern Cape road closed after bridge-collapse

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author


The 70 kilometre stretch of the R61 between Tarkastad and Queenstown has been closed to traffic after a bridge under construction at a detour collapsed in heavy rains - 13 kilometres from Tarkastad.

Engineers began their inspection of the bridge on Monday.

Provincial traffic department spokesperson Tschepo Machaya says the R61 between Tarkastad and Cradock is open to traffic. 

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