FALSE: This image is not of Nithi Bridge on Meru-Embu highway

FALSE: This image is not of Nithi Bridge on Meru-Embu highway

The photo is of Xuguang Expressway in China.

This Facebook post with a photo purportedly of Nithi Bridge is FALSE.  

The post reads: “Nithi bridge Embu-Meru highway. Dangerous blackspot.”The accompanying image depicts vehicles on a road with high pillars.  

Nithi Bridge is located along the Embu-Meru highway and is regarded as a blackspot owing to the number of lives that have been lost in the area.

The image was shared days after an accident occurred along the bridge leading to loss of lives and injuries.

To confirm the photo’s authenticity, Ghetto radio performed a Google reverse image search and established that the photo is of the Xuguang Expressway in China. 

Xuguang Expressway connects Xuchang and Guangzhou cities in Southern China. 

The claim has been previously debunked by PesaCheck and AFP who also found it to be false.

Ghetto Radio examined a Facebook post with a photo purportedly of Nithi Bridge and found it to be FALSE.

This fact-check was published by Ghetto Radio with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and African Fact-Checking Alliance.