{"id":175710,"date":"2015-12-19T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=175710"},"modified":"2015-12-19T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:55:59","slug":"mahama-gets-first-ride-on-new-adomi-bridge-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=175710","title":{"rendered":"Mahama gets first ride on &#8216;new&#8217; Adomi bridge [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly refurbished Adomi bridge in the Eastern Region, has been opened to traffic after President John Mahama officially commissioned it on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175720 \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d.jpg\" alt=\"1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d\" width=\"619\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1306f3d91979fe1ca609e149c832f68d-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bridge was closed for about two years for works to be done on the bridge which was constructed under Ghana&#8217;s first President Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175722 \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d.jpg\" alt=\"d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d\" width=\"619\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/d3eabdf77d2c8cadafe83a33a209416d-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rehabilitation work on the bridge cost Ghana an estimated \u20ac13 million.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175724\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175724\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94.jpg\" alt=\"bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94\" width=\"619\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bdbf35ef69fd646f66f979a37c11fb94-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Mahama interacting with local authorities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is a major connecting route for commuters from the Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta Regions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175725\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/e4db9073773225ba67d00b890f2e398b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175725 \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/e4db9073773225ba67d00b890f2e398b.jpg\" alt=\"Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party Akua Donkor was there too\" width=\"505\" height=\"896\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party Akua Donkor was there too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly refurbished Adomi bridge in the Eastern Region, has been opened to traffic after President John Mahama officially commissioned it on Saturday. 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