List of bridges in Ethiopia

Historical or architectural interest bridges
Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Region Ref.
1Portuguese Bridge64 m (210 ft)Masonry
1 main arch, 6 secondary arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
17th centuryTissisat
11°29′14.7″N 37°35′39.4″E		Amhara[Note 1]
[S 1]
[1]
2Sebara Dildiy Bridge60 m (200 ft)Masonry
10 arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
17th centuryGale
11°13′3.4″N 37°52′36.8″E		Amhara|
[Note 2][2]
3Defeche Bridge36 m (118 ft)Masonry
4 arches
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech River
17th centuryGondar
12°36′15.6″N 37°29′7.3″E		Amhara[Note 3]
[3]
[4]
4Genfokuch Bridge36 m (118 ft)Masonry
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech River
17th centuryGondar
12°34′27.2″N 37°27′42.9″E		Amhara[Note 4]
[5]
[6]
5Debre Libanos Bridge33 m (108 ft)Masonry
3 arches
Footbridge
Gur River
Fiche
9°44′1.7″N 38°48′49.8″E		Oromia[Note 5]
[7]
[8]
6Mereb BridgeEritrea–Ethiopia borderTruss
Steel
Road bridge
Mareb River
Rama–Adi Quala
14°28′21.8″N 38°46′29.8″E		Tigray
 Eritrea		[S 2]
7Suspension bridge (Sebara Dildi)Build by Bridges to Prosperity organizationSuspension
Steel, wooden deck
Footbridge
Blue Nile
2009Gale
11°13′01.6″N 37°52′41.8″E		Amhara[S 3]
8Alata Suspension bridgeSpan : 81 m (266 ft)Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
2011Tissisat
11°29′31.7″N 37°35′22.9″E		Amhara
9Awash Railway Grand BridgeHeight : 71 m (233 ft)155 m (509 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
40+64+40
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Awash River
2018Awash
9°01′42.0″N 40°10′55.3″E		Afar[9]

Major bridges
Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Region Ref.
1Abay River Bridge
under construction		180 m (590 ft)380 m (1,250 ft)Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
Twin bridges
100+180+100
National A3
Trans-African Highway 4
Blue Nile
2023Bahir Dar
11°35′15.3″N 37°24′28.2″E		Amhara[10]
[11]
[12]
2New Abbay Bridge145 m (476 ft)303 m (994 ft)Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
78+145+78
National A3 Addis Ababa-Goha Tsion Trunk Road
Blue Nile
2008Dejen
10°04′32.9″N 38°11′29.2″E		Amhara[13]
[11]
3Omo Bridge128 m (420 ft)Truss
Steel

Omo River
2013Omorate
4°48′45.1″N 36°2′56″E		Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region[14]
[15]
4Abay No.8 Bridge285 m (935 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
B21 road
Blue Nile
2015Wegde
10°39′50.0″N 38°30′12.6″E		Amhara[16]
5Abbay Bridge210 m (690 ft)Arch
Concrete deck arch
National A3
Blue Nile
1948Dejen
10°04′30.1″N 38°11′25.4″E		Amhara[13]
[17]

See also

References
  • Notes
  1. Also called Alata Bridge.
  2. Also called Fasil Bridge or the Second Portuguese Bridge.
  3. Also called Defecha Bridge.
  4. Also called Gobatit Bridge or Seytan Metaya Bridge.
  5. Also called Ras Darge's Bridge or Portuguese Bridge.
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. "First Portuguese Bridge".
  2. "Mereb River Bridge".
  3. "Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi".
  • Others references
  1. Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Alata bridge (PDF). p. 2.
  2. Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Sebara Dildiy (The Broken Bridge) (PDF). p. 3.
  3. Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Defecha bridge (PDF). p. 5.
  4. Briggs, 2019, p.269
  5. Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Genfokuch bridge (PDF). p. 4.
  6. Briggs, 2019, p.270
  7. Bell, Stephen. "The Bridge at Debra Libanos". Anglo-ethiopian.org - The Anglo-Ethiopian Society. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. Briggs, 2019, Ras Darge's Bridge. p. 222.
  9. "Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Ethiopia". Crecg.com - China Railway Group Limited. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. "About us". Abayriverbridge.com (official website). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  11. Abeba, Lamesgin Simegn (August 2021). Structural optimization of superstructure parameter of extradosed cable stayed bridge using genetic algorithm, as a case study on Abay River Bridge (PDF). Ir.bdu.edu.et (Thesis). Bahir Dar University.
  12. "Ethiopia's Bahir Dar Abay River Bridge Set to Complete in 2023". Businessinfoeth.com - Business Info Ethiopia. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  13. "Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge". Kajima.co.jp - Kajima Corporation. Kajima News & Notes Vol.35. 2005. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
  14. "Omo River Bridge Recovery, Repair and Strengthening Works, Ethiopian Roads Authority". Dnec.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  15. "Ethiopia Bridge recovery" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 2. VSL International. 2013. p. 24.
  16. Worku, Girma. Post Tensioned / Pre-stressed bridges in Ethiopia. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  17. Worku, 2017, p.12

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