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List of bridges in Andorra

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This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Andorra, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.

Historical and architectural interest bridges

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Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Parish Ref.
1 Pont de la Margineda Cultural heritage monument 33 m (108 ft) Masonry
1 segmental arch
Footbridge
Gran Valira
15th century Santa Coloma d'Andorra
42°29′3.1″N 1°29′31.2″E / 42.484194°N 1.492000°E / 42.484194; 1.492000 (Pont de la Margineda)
Andorra la Vella [C 1]
[S 1]
2 Pont dels Escalls Cultural heritage monument Masonry
1 semi-circular arch
Footbridge
Valira del Nord
Les Escaldes
42°30′48″N 1°32′5.3″E / 42.51333°N 1.534806°E / 42.51333; 1.534806 (Pont dels Escalls)
Escaldes-Engordany [C 2]
[S 2]
3 Pont de Sant Antoni de la Grella [ca] Cultural heritage monument 21 m (69 ft) Masonry
1 pointed arch
Footbridge
Valira del Nord
AnyósSispony
42°31′31.5″N 1°31′15.6″E / 42.525417°N 1.521000°E / 42.525417; 1.521000 (Pont de Sant Antoni de la Grella)
La Massana [C 3]
[S 3]
4 Pont d'Ordino [ca] Masonry
1 segmental arch
Footbridge
Valira del Nord
El SerratLlorts
42°36′24.5″N 1°32′13.7″E / 42.606806°N 1.537139°E / 42.606806; 1.537139 (Pont d'Ordino)
Ordino [Note 1]
[S 4]
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5 Pont d'Engordany Cultural heritage monument Masonry
1 semi-circular arch
Footbridge
Valira d'Orient
1785 Les Escaldes
42°30′33″N 1°32′33.5″E / 42.50917°N 1.542639°E / 42.50917; 1.542639 (Pont d'Engordany)
Escaldes-Engordany [C 4]
[S 5]
6 Pont Pla Cultural heritage monument 12 m (39 ft) Masonry
1 segmental arch
Footbridge
Valira del Nord
18th century Andorra la VellaLes Escaldes
42°31′2.7″N 1°31′34.7″E / 42.517417°N 1.526306°E / 42.517417; 1.526306 (Pont Pla)
Andorra la Vella
Escaldes-Engordany
[C 5]
7 Pont de la Tosca Cultural heritage monument Masonry
1 semi-circular arch, granite

Riu Madriu
1820 Les Escaldes
42°30′33.4″N 1°32′43.8″E / 42.509278°N 1.545500°E / 42.509278; 1.545500 (Pont de la Tosca)
Escaldes-Engordany [C 6]
[S 6]
8 Pont de Sassanat Located on the GR 7 trail
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
World Heritage Site
Cultural heritage monument
Masonry
1 segmental arch, granite

Riu Madriu
1944 Les Escaldes
42°30′2.8″N 1°33′14.9″E / 42.500778°N 1.554139°E / 42.500778; 1.554139 (Pont de Sassanat)
Escaldes-Engordany [C 7]
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9 Pont nou de la Margineda Cultural heritage monument Masonry
1 segmental arch, granite
Road bridge
Carrer dels Emprius
Gran Valira
20th century Santa Coloma d'Andorra
42°29′0.5″N 1°29′24.8″E / 42.483472°N 1.490222°E / 42.483472; 1.490222 (Pont nou de la Margineda)
Andorra la Vella [C 8]
10 Pont d'Anyós Cultural heritage monument Masonry
1 semi-circular arch, granite
1952 AnyósSispony
42°32′5.7″N 1°31′18.5″E / 42.534917°N 1.521806°E / 42.534917; 1.521806 (Pont d'Anyós)
La Massana [C 9]
[S 7]
11 Pont de Paris 44 m (144 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylon
Road bridge
Av. Consell d'Europa
Gran Valira
2006 Andorra la Vella
42°30′33.2″N 1°31′50.4″E / 42.509222°N 1.530667°E / 42.509222; 1.530667 (Pont de Paris)
Andorra la Vella [S 8]
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12 Pont de Madrid 60 m (200 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylon
2008 Andorra la Vella
42°29′17.7″N 1°29′41.7″E / 42.488250°N 1.494917°E / 42.488250; 1.494917 (Pont de Madrid)
Andorra la Vella [S 9]
[3]
13 La Massana Bridge 156 m (512 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete girder deck, concrete pylons
Twin bridges
86+70
Andorra la Vella northern bypass
Valira d'Orient
2012 La Massana
42°31′46.4″N 1°31′18.1″E / 42.529556°N 1.521694°E / 42.529556; 1.521694 (La Massana Bridge)
La Massana [S 10]
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14 Canillo Tibetan Bridge [ca] Height : 158 m (518 ft) 603 m (1,978 ft) Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
Riu de la Vall del Riu
2021 Canillo
42°34′37.5″N 1°36′48.9″E / 42.577083°N 1.613583°E / 42.577083; 1.613583 (Canillo Tibetan Bridge)
Canillo [S 11]
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Notes and references

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  • Notes
  1. ^ Originally located on the old road that linked the villages of Ordino and El Serrat, the bridge was moved on February 15, 1980 to the north of the village of Llorts due to work on the CG-3 road.[1]
  • "Patrimoni Cultural" [Cultural heritage]. Cultura.ad - Ministry of Culture - Andorra Government (in Catalan).
  • Others references
  1. ^ a b "Ordino Bridge". Visitandorra.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Troyano, Leonardo Fernández; Calle, Guillermo Ayuso (July 2009). "Puentes de París y Madrid sobre el río Gran Valira, en Andorra" [Paris and Madrid bridges over Andorra ́s Gran Valira River]. Hormigón y Acero (in Spanish). Vol. 60, n°253. pp. 45–57. ISSN 0439-5689. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Fernández, Leonardo; Ayuso, Guillermo; Fernández, Lucía. Accessways to the western Entrance to the "Dos Valiras" tunnel (PDF). {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Tibetan bridge of Canillo - Vall del Riu". Ponttibetacanillo.com - official website. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

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