List of bridges in Ethiopia

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Historical or architectural interest bridges

Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
1 First Portuguese Bridge Masonry
1 main arch, 6 secondary arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 1620 Tissisat
11°29′14.7″N 37°35′39.4″E / 11.487417°N 37.594278°E / 11.487417; 37.594278 (First Portuguese Bridge)		 Amhara [S 1]
2 Second Portuguese Bridge 64 m (210 ft) Masonry
10 arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 17th century Gale
11°13′3.4″N 37°52′36.8″E / 11.217611°N 37.876889°E / 11.217611; 37.876889 (Second Portuguese Bridge)		 Amhara [S 2]
3 Portuguese Bridge (Debre Libanos) 33 m (108 ft) Masonry
3 arches
Footbridge
 17th century Fiche
9°44′1.7″N 38°48′49.8″E / 9.733806°N 38.813833°E / 9.733806; 38.813833 (Portuguese Bridge (Debre Libanos))		 Oromia [1]
4 Defeche Bridge 36 m (118 ft) Masonry
4 arches
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech
 17th century Gondar
12°36′15.6″N 37°29′7.3″E / 12.604333°N 37.485361°E / 12.604333; 37.485361 (Defeche Bridge)		 Amhara [2]
[3]
5 Genfokuch Bridge 36 m (118 ft) Masonry
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech
 17th century Gondar
12°34′27.2″N 37°27′42.9″E / 12.574222°N 37.461917°E / 12.574222; 37.461917 (Genfokuch Bridge)		 Amhara [2]
[3]
6 Mereb Bridge Eritrea–Ethiopia border Truss
Steel
3
Mareb River
 Rama - Adi Quala
14°28′21.8″N 38°46′29.8″E / 14.472722°N 38.774944°E / 14.472722; 38.774944 (Mereb Bridge)		 Tigray
 Eritrea		 [S 3]
7 Suspension bridge (Sebara Dildi) Span : 103 m (338 ft)
Build by Bridges to Prosperity organization		 Suspension
Steel, wooden deck
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 2009 Mota Wereda
 Amhara [S 4]
8 Alata Suspension bridge Span : 81 m (266 ft) Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
 2011 Tissisat
11°29′31.7″N 37°35′22.9″E / 11.492139°N 37.589694°E / 11.492139; 37.589694 (Alata Suspension bridge)		 Amhara

Major bridges

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
1 New Abbay Bridge 145 m (476 ft) 303 m (994 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck and pylons
National A3 Addis Ababa-Goha Tsion Trunk Road
Blue Nile
 2008 Dejen
10°4′32.3″N 38°11′29.3″E / 10.075639°N 38.191472°E / 10.075639; 38.191472 (Nouveau pont d'Abbay)		 Amhara [4]
2 Omo Bridge 128 m (420 ft) Truss
Steel

Omo
 2013 Omorate
4°48′45.1″N 36°2′56″E / 4.812528°N 36.04889°E / 4.812528; 36.04889 (Pont d'Omo)		 Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region [5]
[6]
3 Abbay Bridge 263 m (863 ft) Arch
Concrete deck arch
National A3
Blue Nile
 1948 Dejen
10°4′29.8″N 38°11′25.3″E / 10.074944°N 38.190361°E / 10.074944; 38.190361 (Pont d'Abbay)		 Amhara [4]

References

  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "First Portuguese Bridge".
  2. ^ "Second Portuguese Bridge".
  3. ^ "Mereb River Bridge".
  4. ^ "Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi".
  • Others references
  1. ^ Bell, Stephen. "The Bridge at Debra Libanos". The Anglo-Ethiopian Society and Contributors.
  2. ^ a b The Gonderian Period Bridges of Ethiopia: Status and Prospects for Tourism. Vol. 6 (3). African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure. 2017.
  3. ^ a b Briggs, Philip (2015). Ethiopia. Bradt. p. 219, 220.
  4. ^ a b "Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge". Kajima.co.jp. Archived from the original on January 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  5. ^ "Omo River Bridge Recovery,Repair and Strengthening Works". dnec.com.
  6. ^ "VSL News Magazine n°2 - Ethiopia Bridge recovery" (PDF). 2013. p. 24.

See also

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External links

"Ethiopia Footbridges". Bridgestoprosperity.org. Archived from the original on March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)

Further reading

Heinatz, Stephanie (August 2008). Bridging Worlds (PDF). The Rotarian. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)

Blue Nil Map (PDF). National Geographic. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2008. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)

Selass, Meheret (October 2017). Abandoned historical bridges. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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