Introduction:
 The bridge is situated at the mouth of Oyster Creek connects the
mainland with St. Mary's Island where the capital of
Banjul is located
to the rest of the Gambia.
It was completed in 1986 and is 210 metres long and 20 metres wide and is a continuous girder bridge
which spans the
creek,
 a watercourse
which connects the Tanbi Wetland Complex of mangroves with the
Atlantic ocean. It forms a section of the Banjul
Serekunda highway
and in 2008 it had 'cat's eyes' reflectors placed their by a Gambian
living in Germany.
It is sometimes called "Check Point
Charlie", because of the number of police and military people their.
 The Denton Bridge is named after Sir George Chardin Denton (b.
1851; † 1928), who was a governor of the Gambia between 1900 - January
1901.
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Rooms:
There is a place to stay
nearby and easily accessible by boat called the
Denton Bridge Resort.
Oyster Creek Area:
 The are to the east of the bridge is used mainly by
fishing tour operators and boating trip organisers.
There are
also a number of peanut processing warehouses, a factory and a
fish processing plant their.
Only a small part of the
area is dry land and thus suitable for building structures and the
general area is just above sea level.
 Birds present are
resident breeders and Palearctic passage or winter visitors are both
represented.
Photo credits: Bridge Atamari, pirogue,
Others from
flickr |
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