Viral image purported to be Pokuase overhead false

Claim: A Facebook user claim an image of a raised canal built across roads intersection with waterway is Ghana’s Pokuase overhead

Findings show it is Belgium sart canal bridge and not pokuase overhead.

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A Facebook user shared an image of a raised canal built across roads intersection surrounded by green fields with a waterway and claimed it is that of the pokuase overhead in Accra, Ghana.

The photo captioned ” Accra POKUASE overhead is one of most beautiful place in Africa, God bless Ghana leaders”

This post which was published on the 29th September, 2021 has been shared on both facebook and WhatsApp and has generated a lot of comments and debate.

***Image: Screenshot of the post shared on whatsapp***

***Image: Screenshot of some comments on Facebook***

Verification

Dubawa conducted a google image reverse search and found out that the photo was uploaded as a video (0.24 seconds) on YouTube by one Rizwan Hussain on 13th March, 2017 and captioned “pont- canal du star, Belgium.”

Another search conducted on Google earth revealed that the purported picture is the Sart Canal Bridge in Belgium at La Louviere

***Image: Screenshot of the Sart Canal Bridge on Google Earth***

Further checks revealed that this same picture of the Sart Canal Bridge in Belgium was posted by a Facebook user on May 24, 2021 and claimed to be an Aerial photo of Kafubu River in Zambia and was fact checked by AFP Fact Check to be that of the Belgium Sart Canal Bridge.

The bridge is said to have been started in October 1998 with the first stage launched in February 2000 and full work completed in 2002 and cost €29m according to greisch.com, Europe engineering and architectural website.

According to Bureau Greisch, one of Europe’s Engineering firms, the bridge is 498m long and 46m wide. It carries the Canal du centre over the Theuriau du sart valley at Houdeng – Aimeries and over a major road intersection ( N55 and N535) at the entrance to La Loviere.