The city's mayor introduced the 2015/16 JRA Flagship Bridge Programme at an event yesterday.

A recent inspection of the city's 814 bridges had concluded that some require rehabilitation, including new construction and expansion.

Among the schemes announced yesterday is the upgrade of the Mandela Bridge, a cable-stayed structure completed in 2003.

Other projects include the R100m upgrade of three low-lying bridges in Soweto that are regularly overtopped by flood waters following heavy rain. The three bridges are Leselinyana-Kinini, Nxumalo and Zulu-Mahalefele.