 The Avenue de la CDEAO passes over the King Fahd Bridge.Prior to the 1950s, the only crossing of the Niger at Bamako was at the Sotuba Causeway, 8 kilometers downstream from the city, which is a low water crossing of cut stone at the location of a natural rapids.The Airgrettes Dam, 200 kilometers upstream, is a hydroelectric station and the next all season crossing to the west.