List of bridges in Algeria

Historical or architectural interest bridges
Name Arabic Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Province Ref.
1Oued Ilelouine Aqueduct BridgeHeight : 35 m (115 ft)
Cultural heritage		137 m (449 ft)Masonry
3 levels (4, 8 and 17 semi-circular arches)
Cherchell Aqueduct
(total length : 45 km (28 mi))
Oued Ilelouine
2nd centurySidi Amar
36°34′06.1″N 2°17′24.8″E		Tipaza Province[1]
[2]
2Oued Bellah Aqueduct BridgeHeight : 26 m (85 ft)288 m (945 ft)Masonry
2 levels (26 and 38 semi-circular arches)
Cherchell Aqueduct
(total length : 45 km (28 mi))
Oued Bellah
2nd centuryCherchell
36°36′20.6″N 2°14′08.9″E		Tipaza Province[1]
3El Kantara Bridgeجسر القنطرة الرومانيCultural heritageMasonry
1 semi-circular arch

Oued el Haï
El Kantara
35°14′00.8″N 5°42′05.8″E		Biskra Province[Note 1]
[2]
[3]
4Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct Bridge85 m (279 ft)Masonry
2 levels (7 and 14 arches)
Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct
(total length : 12 km (7.5 mi))
1639Algiers
36°45′21.1″N 3°01′52.1″E		Algiers Province[4]
[5]
5El Kantara Bridge (1792)
destroyed in 1857		باب القنطرة بريدج (١٧٩٢)Cultural heritage60 m (200 ft)Masonry
2 levels

Rhumel River
1792Constantine
36°22′08.2″N 6°37′04.9″E		Constantine Province[Note 2]
[2]
[6]
[7]
[8]
6Devil's Bridge (Constantine)جسر الشيطان (قسنطينة)Devil's BridgeMasonry
1 segmental arch

Rhumel River
1850Constantine
36°21′42.5″N 6°36′47.9″E		Constantine Province[9]
7El Kantara Bridge (1863)
destroyed in 1952		جسر باب القنطرة (١٨٦٣)Span : 56 m (184 ft)128 m (420 ft)Arch
Cast iron
Road bridge
Rhumel River
1863Constantine
36°22′08.7″N 6°37′05.0″E		Constantine Province[S 1]
[7]
[8]
8El Ourit Bridgeجسر إيفل تلمسانConstruct by Gustave Eiffel & CieArch
Steel deck arch
Tabia-Akid Abbes line
El-Ourit Waterfalls
19th centuryTlemcen
34°51′39.9″N 1°16′11.3″W		Tlemcen Province[10]
9Sidi Rached Viaductسيدي راشد جسرConception by Paul Séjourné
Span : 68 m (223 ft)
Deck height : 102 m (335 ft)		450 m (1,480 ft)Masonry
1 main arch, 26 secondary arches, concrete deck
Road bridge
Zaabane Avenue
Rhumel River
1912Constantine
36°21′45.1″N 6°36′50.2″E		Constantine Province[S 2]
[11]
[12]
10Bab El Kantra Bridgeجسر باب القنطرة128 m (420 ft)Arch
Concrete deck arch
Road bridge
Rhumel River
1952Constantine
36°22′8.4″N 6°37′4.9″E		Constantine Province[S 3]
[7]
[8]

Major bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

Name Arabic Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Province Ref.
1Oued Dib Bridgeجسر بني هارون280 m (920 ft)620 m (2,030 ft)Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
111+280+111
National road 27
Oued el Kebir
1998Hamala
36°33′53.4″N 6°16′44.1″E		Mila Province[S 4]
[13]
2Salah Bey Viaductجسر صالح باي245 m (804 ft)1,119 m (3,671 ft)Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons, axial suspension
Road bridge
Rhumel River
2014Constantine
36°21′28.1″N 6°36′53.8″E		Constantine Province[S 5]
[14]
3Marble Valley Bridgeجسر وادي الرخام200 m (660 ft)745 m (2,444 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Twin bridges
110+200+110
A1 East–West Highway
Oued Rekham
2008Bouïra
36°25′49.9″N 3°48′13.5″E		Bouïra Province[S 6]
[15]
[16]
4Ravin Blanc Viaduct170 m (560 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete

1986Oran
Oran Province[S 7]
5Sidi M'Cid Bridgeجسر سيدي مسيد164 m (538 ft)164 m (538 ft)Suspension
with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons
Road bridge
Rhumel River
1912Constantine
36°22′21.7″N 6°36′52.9″E		Constantine Province[S 8]
[17]
[18]
[19]
6Souk Ahras Bridgeجسر سوق أهراس130 m (430 ft)182 m (597 ft)Arch
Steel tied arch
Road bridge
Annaba-Djebel Onk line
2011Souk Ahras
36°16′52.7″N 7°57′09.2″E		Souk Ahras Province[S 9]
7Viaduct VI33
under construction		130 m (430 ft)(x8)1,780 m (5,840 ft)Truss
Composite steel/concrete deck
95+5x130+95
95+2x130+95
95+130+95
Oued Tlélat - Tlemcen HSR
Oued Isser
Sidi Abdelli–Aïn Tallout
34°58′11.2″N 1°01′40.5″W		Tlemcen Province[20]
[21]
8Viaduct VI53
under construction		130 m (430 ft)690 m (2,260 ft)Truss
Composite steel/concrete deck
Oued Tlélat - Tlemcen HSR
Tlemcen–Aïn Fezza
34°53′46.0″N 1°15′39.2″W		Tlemcen Province[20]
[22]
9Mellah Slimane Bridgeجسر ملاح سليمان125 m (410 ft)125 m (410 ft)Suspension
with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons
Footbridge
Rhumel River
1925Constantine
36°21′58.5″N 6°36′54″E		Constantine Province[S 10]
[23]
10Chihani Suspension Bridgeجسر الشيحاني105 m (344 ft)105 m (344 ft)Suspension
with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons
Road bridge
Oued Seybouse
1892Chihani
36°39′09.1″N 7°46′57.7″E		El Taref Province[S 11]
[24]
[25]
11Mila-Grarem Bridge105 m (344 ft)945 m (3,100 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
National road 79A
Oued Rhumel
Mila–Grarem Gouga
36°30′42.3″N 6°18′09.6″E		Mila Province[26]

Notes and references
  • Notes
  1. Mostly restored in 1862 by French military genius during the reign of Napoleon III, some stones have been replaced with new blocks.[3]
  2. Built on the ruins of an older bridge.[6]
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. "Pont d'El Kantara".
  2. "Sidi Rached Bridge".
  3. "Pont d'El Kantara".
  4. "Oved Dib Bridge".
  5. "Viaduc Transrhumel".
  6. "Bouira Bridge".
  7. "Viaduc du Ravin Blanc".
  8. "Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge".
  9. "Souk Ahras Bridge".
  10. "Mellah-Slimane Footbridge".
  11. "Chihani Suspension Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. "Cherchell (Algeria)". Romanaqueducts.info. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. "Liste Générale des Biens Culturels Protégés" [General List of Protected Cultural Property]. M-culture.gov.dz - Ministry of Culture and Arts - Algerian Republic (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. Gsell, 1901, p.7-9, board LXXIII
  4. "Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct" [Aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja] (PDF). Athar (in French). Vol. 8. Association Algérienne pour la Sauvegarde et la Promotion du Patrimoine Archéologique. May 2009. p. 15.
  5. "Algérie - L'aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja bientôt restauré" [Algeria - The Aïn Zeboudja aqueduct soon to be restored]. Algerieautrefois.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  6. Gsell, 1901, p.5-6
  7. "Le pont El Kantara en cartes postales" [The El Kantara bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. "Le pont El Kantara" [El Kantara Bridge]. Engival.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. "Les ponts de Constantine" [Bridges in Constantine]. Cerclealgerianiste.asso.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 November 2008.
  10. "Le pont Gustave Eiffel d'El Ourit - Tlemcen" [The Gustave Eiffel bridge in El Ourit - Tlemcen]. Tlemcen.info (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  11. Boisnier, Georges (1912). "Les Ponts de Constantine : Le pont de Sidi Rached" [The Bridges of Constantine: The Bridge of Sidi Rached]. Annales des ponts et chaussées. pp. 473–524. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. "Le pont Sidi Rached en cartes postales" [The Sidi Rached bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  13. Kibboua, Abderrahmane; Naboussi Farsi, Mohammed; Chatelain, Jean-Luc; Guillier, Bertrand; Bechtoula, Hakim; Mehani, Youcef (2008). "Modal analysis and ambient vibration measurements on Mila-Algeria cable stayed bridge". Structural Engineering and Mechanics. pp. 171–186. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  14. "Le transrhumel - Pont Salah Bey" [The transrhumel - Salah Bey Bridge]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French).
  15. "Fiche technique du viaduc 185.1" [Technical sheet of the 185.1 viaduct]. Ainturk.tripod.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  16. "Algerie : Le gigantesque viaduc de Bouira inauguré" [Algeria: The gigantic viaduct of Bouira inaugurated]. Algerie.actudz.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  17. Boisnier, M. (1912). "Les ponts de Constantine - Pont suspendu de Sidi M'Cid" [The bridges of Constantine - Sidi M'Cid suspension Bridge]. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées. pp. 88–120. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  18. Petrangeli, Marco; Petrangeli, Marcello (November 2000). "Rehabilitation of Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge, Algeria". Structural Engineering International. pp. 254–258. doi:10.2749/101686600780481374. S2CID 111031425. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  19. "Le pont sidi M'Cid en cartes postales" [The Sidi M'Cid bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  20. Orlandini, Marco (November 2016). "Linea Av Oued Tlelat - Tlemcen (Algeria)" [High-speed railway Oued Tlelat - Tlemcen (Algeria)] (PDF). Cifi.it - Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani (in Italian). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  21. "Tecnologia italiana per i 132 km di alta velocità" [Italian technology for the 132 km high speed]. Impresedilinews.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  22. "La nuova linea Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen" [The new Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen line]. Stradeeautostrade.it (in Italian). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  23. "La passerelle Perrégaux en cartes postales" [The Perregaux footbridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  24. Petrangeli, Marco; Petrangeli, Petrangeli (August 2009). The Chiani Suspension Bridge: A Complete Overhaul. Vol. 5. IABSE Symposium Report, Bangkok. pp. 181–190.
  25. "Vie et Oeuvre de Ferdinand Arnodin" [Life and Work of Ferdinand Arnodin]. Art-et-histoire.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  26. "Régions Est : Mila - Des infrastructures rayonnantes !" [Eastern Regions: Mila - Radiant infrastructures!]. Lesoirdalgerie.com (in French). Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.

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