CHAD

CHAD / TCHAD.

Chagoua Bridge over the Chari River, and hippopotamus.
Sixth stamp in a set of 13, issued in 1961.
Face value: 5 Central African CFA francs.
Printing: Typography.
Size: 41 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 74.
- Scott No. 75.
- StampWorld No. 75.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 74.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 71.

The Chagoua Bridge crosses the Chari River south of the city of N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Construction of the bridge began in the late 1950s when Chad was still a French colony and was completed and opened in 1959. It is approximately 550 m (1,800 ft), of which 300 m (984 ft) is over the river. It is a single-lane girder bridge, and the road that leads to the border with Cameroon passes through it. It is currently very deteriorated, and is used mostly by pedestrians.