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Kwame Nkrumah Interchange

Kwame Nkrumah Interchange
Kwame Nkrumah Circle
Location
Accra, Ghana
Coordinates: 5°34′10″N 0°12′55″W / 5.56955°N 0.21537°W / 5.56955; -0.21537Coordinates: 5°34′10″N 0°12′55″W / 5.56955°N 0.21537°W / 5.56955; -0.21537
Construction
Type: 3 tier interchange

Kwame Nkrumah Interchange is a 3-tier interchange which was constructed to replace the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the centre of the city of Accra, Ghana.

The construction of the interchange became necessary when the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, which handles over 84,000 vehicles from the arterial roads and their intersections daily. The current roads could no longer ensure effective and efficient tackling of the traffic congestion challenges.

On 3 June 2015, a GOIL fuel station near the interchange exploded killing at least 150 people. The disaster was exacerbated by floodwaters which caused the fuel to spread as it floated and burned, killing additional people.


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