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3.5 km - length of one rail viaduct, the longest in Africa 10 rail viaducts 100 points crossings 35% - maximum slope 254 civil engineering structures on the route 400 km of 25kV catenary 1,800 hectares of land acquired 50,000 tonnes of rail 700,000 sleepers 2,000,000 tonnes of ballast 60,000,000 cubic metres of spoil and embankments