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By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, ageing 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>

==Mombasa Suspension Bridge==

[[Image:1225615107 Mombasabridge.JPG|thumb|right|The Mombasa Suspension bridge, shown to scale on google Earth.]]

The Mombasa Suspension Bridge is one of few bridges connecting New Mombasa to the Mainland, through Old Mombasa. The bridge has 44 main cables, which all go down to the center of the bridge. There is a toll booth at each end of the bridge, possibly hinting that it cost money to cross the bridge, and you had to pay twice. In [[Halo 2]], [[SPARTAN-117]] crossed he bridge in a scorpion tank during the [[First Battle of Earth]], to get to New Mombasa and to the Assault Carrier.

== New Mombasa ==

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 By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, ageing 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>
+==Mombasa Suspension Bridge==
+[[Image:1225615107 Mombasabridge.JPG|thumb|right|The Mombasa Suspension bridge, shown to scale on google Earth.]]
+The Mombasa Suspension Bridge is one of few bridges connecting New Mombasa to the Mainland, through Old Mombasa. The bridge has 44 main cables, which all go down to the center of the bridge. There is a toll booth at each end of the bridge, possibly hinting that it cost money to cross the bridge, and you had to pay twice. In [[Halo 2]], [[SPARTAN-117]] crossed he bridge in a scorpion tank during the [[First Battle of Earth]], to get to New Mombasa and to the Assault Carrier.
 == New Mombasa ==