Tetteh Quarshie Interchange
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|location= Accra, Ghana
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Liberation Road
Legon East Road
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|const= January 2003
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The Tetteh Quarshie Interchange is a cloverleaf interchange carrying a six-lane motorway that links the Liberation Road from 37 Military Hospital to the Pantang junction through Madina in Accra, Ghana. The interchange was commissioned for vehicular use on 27 February 2005 by then president of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor.{{cite web|title=Tetteh Quarshie Interchange opens to traffic|url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/72749/1/tetteh-quarshie-interchange-opens-to-traffic.html|publisher=www.modernghana.com|accessdate=5 June 2011}}
History
In 2003, the Government of Ghana initiated the expansion of the then Akuafo Circle.{{cite web|title=Tetteh Quarshie Interchange (Accra)|url=http://wikimapia.org/1426125/Tetteh-Quarshie-Interchange|publisher=www.wikimapia.org|accessdate=5 June 2011}} The circle was the largest roundabout in Ghana.{{cite web|title=Prez Cuts Sod For Tetteh Quarshie interchange|url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/30102/1/prez-cuts-sod-for-tetteh-quarshie-interchange.html|publisher=www.modernghana.com|accessdate=5 June 2011}} The sod cutting for the project was done by John Kufuor on 17 January 2003.{{cite web|title=Prez Cuts Sod For Tetteh Quarshie Interchange|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=31691|publisher=www.ghanaweb.com|accessdate=5 June 2011}} The project was to restructure it into an interchange to handle the huge vehicular traffic. The contract for the project was won by Messrs. SONITRA-RCCN Joint Ventures. The interchange was open to vehicular traffic on 27 February 2005 and was completed on 5 May 2005. The interchange was the second to have been built in Ghana, after the Sankara Interchange (now Ako Adjei Interchange).
Financing
The interchange cost 8 million cedis (5 million dollars). It was funded by the African Development Bank.
Architecture of the interchange
The interchange includes a bridge on the motorways, three-lane dual carriageway. Four loops and four slip boards to ease the movement onto the flyover.
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