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Thousands of Ivorian pedestrians and motorists flocked to Abidjan’s new toll bridge on Sunday as the long-awaited crossing, which is expected to boost trade in the world’s top cocoa producer, opened to traffic.

The 1.5 kilometre-long bridge is the third road link across the lagoon in Ivory Coast’s economic capital.

A flagship government project years in the making, it cost 270 million euros ($330 million) to build and links the posh northern suburb of Cocody to Marcory, where the seaside city’s port is located.

It is the first major infrastructure project since the former star French colony was ravaged by a low-lying civil war between 2002 and 2004 that sliced the country in half, wreaked havoc on the economy and dragged Ivory Coast into turmoil for a decade.

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