List of bridges in Iran

Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name Persian Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Province Ref.
Band-e Kaisar
Caesar's dam		بند قیصرNational monument ID 78
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
World Heritage Site (2009)		500 m (1,600 ft)Masonry
Dam bridge
Out of order
Karun
3rd centuryShushtar
32°03′15.2″N 48°50′54.5″E		Khuzestan[I 1]
[S 1]
[1]
[2]
Old Bridge of Dezfulپل قدیم دزفولNational monument ID 84385 m (1,263 ft)Masonry
14 arches

Dez River
3rd centuryDezful
32°22′52.8″N 48°23′27.8″E		Khuzestan[I 2]
[S 2]
[3]
Pol-e Dokhtar BridgeپلدخترBuild during the Sasanian era
Height : 30 m (98 ft)		270 m (890 ft)Masonry
8 arches originally
Out of order
Qizil-Uzun
3rd centuryPol-e Dokhtar
33°09′36.8″N 47°42′56.3″E		Khuzestan[4]
Kavar Bridgeپل کوارNational monument ID 6034
Build during the Sasanian era		125 m (410 ft)Masonry
6 arches originally
Out of order
Qare Aghaj
3rd centuryKavar
29°10′56.0″N 52°41′48.8″E		Fars[S 3]
[5]
Kashkan Bridgeپل کشکان
National monument ID 335		300 m (980 ft)Masonry
12 arches originally
Out of order
Karkheh River
Moradabad
33°35′17.0″N 47°52′56.8″E		Lorestan[I 3]
[S 4]
[6]
Shapuri Bridgeپل شاپوریBuild during the Sasanian eraMasonry
28 arches originally
Out of order
Khorramabad
33°28′03.9″N 48°20′19.7″E		Lorestan[I 4]
[S 5]
[6]
Gavmishan Bridgeپل گاوميشانBuild during the Sasanian era175 m (574 ft)Masonry
Out of order
Karkheh River
Halush
33°05′02.5″N 47°32′16.2″E		Lorestan[I 5]
Kiz Bridgeپل دختر میانهNational monument ID 87
Span : 23.9 m (78 ft)		Masonry
3 arches
Out of order
Qizil Üzan
8th centuryMianeh
37°19′27.1″N 47°49′06.3″E		East Azerbaijan[I 6]
[S 6]
[7]
[8]
Shahrestan Bridgeپل شهرستانNational monument ID 889
Built during Seljuq dynasty		140 m (460 ft)Masonry
13 arches
Footbridge
Zayanderud
11th centuryIsfahan
32°37′37.3″N 51°43′03.5″E		Isfahan[I 7]
[S 7]
[9]
First Khodaafarin Bridgeپل خداآفرینAzerbaijan–Iran border160 m (520 ft)Masonry
11 arches
Out of order
Aras
12th centuryKhoda Afarin County - Cəbrayil
39°09′25.1″N 46°56′13.6″E		East Azerbaijan
 Azerbaijan		[I 8]
Second Khodaafarin Bridgeپل خداآفرینAzerbaijan–Iran border120 m (390 ft)Masonry
15 arches
Footbridge
Aras
13th centuryKhoda Afarin County - Cəbrayil
39°09′03.1″N 46°56′25.4″E		East Azerbaijan
 Azerbaijan		[I 8]
[S 8]
Marnan Bridgeپل مارنانBuilt during the Safavid dynastyMasonry
17 arches
Footbridge
Zayanderud
1599Isfahan
32°38′28.9″N 51°38′36.2″E		Isfahan[I 9]
[S 9]
Si-o-se-polسی وسه پلNational monument ID 110
Built during the Safavid dynasty		298 m (978 ft)Masonry
33 arches (2 levels)
Dam bridge
Footbridge
Zayanderud
1602Isfahan
32°38′40.5″N 51°40′02.9″E		Isfahan[I 10]
[S 10]
[10]
Latidan Bridgeپل لاتیدانMasonry
Out of order
Kul River
1619Nimeh Kar
27°11′39.2″N 55°45′00.4″E		Hormozgan[I 11]
[S 11]
Khaju Bridgeپل خواجوNational monument ID 111
Built during the Safavid dynasty		132 m (433 ft)Masonry
21 arches (2 levels)
Dam bridge
Footbridge
Zayanderud
1650Isfahan
32°38′12.6″N 51°40′59.9″E		Isfahan[I 12]
[S 12]
[11]
Joubi Bridgeپل جوییBuilt during the Safavid dynasty147 m (482 ft)Masonry
21 arches
Footbridge
Zayanderud
1665Isfahan
32°38′16.8″N 51°40′38.8″E		Isfahan[I 13]
[S 13]
[12]
Mohammad Hassan Khan bridgeپل محمدحسن‌خانNational monument ID 1414140 m (460 ft)Masonry
9 arches

Babol Roud
18th centuryBabol
36°31′27.1″N 52°39′50.5″E		Mazandaran[I 14]
[13]
[14]
Davazdah Cheshmehپل دوازده چشمهBuilt during the Safavid dynasty130 m (430 ft)Masonry
12 arches

Haraz River
18th centuryAmol
36°28′17.5″N 52°21′21.9″E		Mazandaran[S 14]
[13]
[14]
Adobe Bridge of Langarudپل خشتی لنگرود37 m (121 ft)Masonry
2 arches

Langeroud river
18th centuryLangarud
37°11′46.5″N 50°09′04.4″E		Gilan[15]
Maragha Bridgeپل مردقNational monument ID 7540
Built during the Safavid dynasty		26 m (85 ft)Masonry
3 arches

Mardaq-Chay
Maragheh
37°20′35.3″N 46°24′13.0″E		East Azerbaijan[16]
Shapoor Bridgeپل شاپورBuilt during the Qajar dynastyMasonry
2 arches

Otjun River
Chaybagh
36°21′02.0″N 52°51′35.7″E		Mazandaran Province[13]
Miandoab Bridgeپل میرزا رسولNational monument ID 2068
Built during the Qajar dynasty		52 m (171 ft)Masonry
5 arches
Out of order
Zarrineh River
Miandoab
36°57′24.2″N 46°03′12.3″E		West Azerbaijan
Pol-e Siahپل سیاه اهوازNational monument ID 25991,050 m (3,440 ft)Beam
Steel
Railway bridge
Karun
1919Ahvaz
31°19′57.8″N 48°40′50.0″E		Khuzestan[S 15]
Veresk Bridgeپل ورسکNational monument ID 1534
Span : 66 m (217 ft)
Height : 110 m (360 ft)		273 m (896 ft)Masonry
1 main arch, 10 secondary arches
Trans-Iranian Railway
1936Veresk
35°54′11.9″N 52°59′26.7″E		Mazandaran[I 15]
[S 16]
Moalagh Bridgeپل معلق آملNational monument ID 1524140 m (460 ft)Arch
Concrete tied-arch

Haraz River
1959Amol
36°28′13.8″N 52°21′21.6″E		Mazandaran
Meshginshahr suspension bridgeپل معلق مشگین‌شهرSpan : 325 m (1,066 ft)
Height : 80 m (260 ft)		Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
Khiav River
2015Meshginshahr
38°22′30.8″N 47°41′02.2″E		Ardabil[S 17]
[17]
Tabiat Bridgeپل طبیعت270 m (890 ft)Truss
Steel
Footbridge
Modarres Expressway
2014Tehran
35°45′15.5″N 51°21′13.6″E		Tehran[S 18]

Major bridges
Name Persian Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Province Ref.
Persian Gulf Bridge
under construction		پل خلیج فارس360 m (1,180 ft) (x3)3,430 m (11,250 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel box girder deck, concrete pylons
(180+360+180)x3
Road-rail bridge
Clarence Strait
Bandar e Pol - Qeshm Island
26°57′44.9″N 55°45′16.8″E		Hormozgan[18]
Karun 4 Arch Bridgeپل قوسی کارون 4300 m (980 ft)378 m (1,240 ft)Arch
Steel deck arch
Road 72 (Iran)
Karun
(reservoir of Karun-4 Dam)
2015Kabusi
31°38′28.9″N 50°29′22.7″E		Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari[19]
[20]
Sebalootak Bridgeپل ترکه ای سه بلوطک260 m (850 ft)416 m (1,365 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
105+260+51
Road bridge
Karun
(reservoir of Karun-3 Dam)
Zaras
31°35′26.6″N 50°16′31.1″E		Khuzestan[21]
Lali Bridgeپل لالی256 m (840 ft)460 m (1,510 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
Lali New Road
Karun
(reservoir of Upper Gotvand Dam)
2011Lali
32°15′49.3″N 49°04′40.9″E		Khuzestan[S 19]
[22]
[23]
Karun 3 Dam Bridgeسد کارون 3252 m (827 ft)336 m (1,102 ft)Arch
Steel deck arch
Road 72 (Iran)
Karun
(reservoir of Karun-3 Dam)
2005Bajool
31°46′55.0″N 50°07′07.1″E		Khuzestan[24]
Ghotour Bridgeپل قطور223 m (732 ft)443 m (1,453 ft)Arch
Steel truss deck arch
Trans-Iranian Railway
Ghotour River
1970Khoy
38°28′40.8″N 44°46′06.4″E		West Azerbaijan[S 20]
Eighth Ahvaz Bridgeپل هشتم212 m (696 ft)643 m (2,110 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
78+212+78
Road bridge
Karun
2011Ahvaz
31°18′50.4″N 48°40′18.4″E		Khuzestan[S 21]
[25]
Karun 4 Cable-stayed Bridgeپل ترکه ای کارون 4210 m (690 ft)380 m (1,250 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel deck and pylons
46+80+210+43
Road bridge
Pipeline bridge
Karun
(reservoir of Karun-4 Dam)
2016Morvari
31°44′49.0″N 50°23′34.6″E		Khuzestan[26]
Karun 3 Dam East Bridgeسد کارون 3160 m (520 ft)213 m (699 ft)Arch
Steel deck arch
Road 72 (Iran)
Karun
(reservoir of Karun-3 Dam)
2005Bajool
31°46′45.7″N 50°07′19.4″E		Khuzestan[24]
Bahrami Bridgeپل کابلی150 m (490 ft)675 m (2,215 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
72+150+72
Shushtar Bypass Road 39
Karun
2006Shushtar
32°02′02.1″N 48°49′19.7″E		Khuzestan[S 22]
[27]
[28]
Ninth Ahvaz Bridgeپل نهم اهواز150 m (490 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
80+150+80
Road bridge
Karun
Ahvaz
31°21′49.0″N 48°41′14.5″E		Khuzestan[29]
Mared Bridgeپل مارد144 m (472 ft)Arch
Steel tied arch
Road bridge
Karun
2005Khorramshahr
30°25′51.5″N 48°10′36.1″E		Khuzestan[30]
Seventh Ahvaz Bridgeپل هفتم140 m (460 ft) (x2)490 m (1,610 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
75+140+140+75
Road bridge
Karun
1998Ahvaz
31°20′05.4″N 48°41′16.0″E		Khuzestan[S 23]
[31]
White Bridgeپل اهواز136 m (446 ft)501 m (1,644 ft)Arch
Steel through arch
136 and 130 m
Felestin Street - Taleghani
Karun
1936Ahvaz
31°19′25.2″N 48°40′36.3″E		Khuzestan[S 24]
[32]
Ghaziyan Bridgeپل غازیان125 m (410 ft)275 m (902 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
50+125+75+25
Twin bridges
Road 49 (Iran)
Sefīd-Rūd
2005Bandar-e Anzali
37°27′55.7″N 49°28′05.5″E		Gilan[33]
Gotvand Bridgeپل گتوند125 m (410 ft)260 m (850 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
67+125+67
Road bridge
Karun
2009Gotvand
32°15′38.7″N 48°50′00.7″E		Khuzestan[34]
Sevom Khordad Bridgeپل سوم خرداد120 m (390 ft)300 m (980 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
30+30+60+120+60
Road bridge
Karun
2005Darkhoveyn
30°44′14.6″N 48°24′26.6″E		Khuzestan[35]
Karun 1 Dam Bridgeپل کارون 1100 m (330 ft)190 m (620 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
45+100+45
Road bridge
Karun
2005Eslamabad
32°02′06.1″N 49°36′34.7″E		Khuzestan[36]
Second Shushtar Bridgeپل دوم شوشتر100 m (330 ft) (x2)700 m (2,300 ft)Arch
Steel tied-arch
100+30+76+30+100
Road bridge
Karun
2011Shushtar
32°02′57.7″N 48°50′09.8″E		Khuzestan[37]
Tale Zang Bridgeپل راه آهن تله زنگ100 m (330 ft)215 m (705 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
65+100+50
Dorud-Andimeshk railway
Dez River
2012Tale Zang
32°49′31.5″N 48°45′53.3″E		Khuzestan[38]
Urmia Lake Bridgeپل میان‌گذر دریاچه ارومیه100 m (330 ft)1,414 m (4,639 ft)Arch
Steel tied-arch
Road 16 (Iran)
Lake Urmia
Urmia - Aq Gonbad
37°47′35.8″N 45°22′27.7″E		West Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan		[39]

See also

References
  • Iran Tourism and Touring Organization. "List of Iranian bridges". itto.org.
  1. "Band-e Kaisar (Shadorvan Bridge)".
  2. "Dezful Old Bridge".
  3. "Kashgan Bridge".
  4. "Shapouri Bridge".
  5. "Gavmishan Bridge".
  6. "Dokhtar Bridge (Kiz Bridge)".
  7. "Shahrestan Bridge".
  8. "Khoda Afarin Bridge".
  9. "Marnan Bridge".
  10. "Sio Seh Pol Bridge".
  11. "Latidan Bridge".
  12. "Khajoo Bridge".
  13. "Sa'adat Abad Bridge".
  14. "Mohammad Hassan Khan Bridge".
  15. "Veresk Bridge".
  1. "Band-e Kaisar".
  2. "Old Dezful Bridge".
  3. "Kavar Bridge".
  4. "Kashkan Bridge".
  5. "Shapuri Bridge".
  6. "Dokhtar Bridge".
  7. "Shahrestan Bridge".
  8. "Khoda-Afarin Bridge (13th century)".
  9. "Marnan Bridge".
  10. "Allahverdi Khan Bridge".
  11. "Latidan Bridge".
  12. "Khaju Bridge".
  13. "Joubi Bridge".
  14. "Davazdah Cheshmeh Bridge".
  15. "Ahvaz Rail Bridge".
  16. "Veresk Bridge".
  17. "Meshginshahr Suspension Bridge".
  18. "Tabiat Bridge".
  19. "Lali Bridge".
  20. "Ghotour Bridge".
  21. "Eighth Ahvaz Bridge".
  22. "Karoon River Bridge".
  23. "Seventh Ahvaz Bridge".
  24. "Sefid Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. "Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System". whc.unesco.org.
  2. "Shushtar". livius.org.
  3. "Pul-i Qadim (Dizful), Dizful, Iran". archnet.org.
  4. "Pol-e Dokhtar". livius.org.
  5. "Kavar bridge". livius.org.
  6. "Iran's Six Lesser-Known Historical Bridges". financialtribune.com. February 2015.
  7. Prade, Marcel Le pont de la Jeune-Fille (Dokhtaré-Pol), sur le Kisi-Lou, p.203
  8. "پل دختر ميانه". tabriz.ir - Tabriz Municipality (in Persian).
  9. "Pul-i Shahristan, Isfahan, Iran". archnet.org.
  10. "Pul-i Allahvardi Khan, Isfahan, Iran". archnet.org.
  11. "Pul-i Khwaju, Isfahan, Iran". archnet.org.
  12. "Pul-i Jui, Isfahan, Iran". archnet.org.
  13. Structural Identification of Bridges(Case Study: Mazandaran, Iran)
  14. "Mazandaran - Historical Monuments". chnpress.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.
  15. "آشنایی با پل خشتی لنگرود - گیلان". hamshahrionline.ir (in Persian).
  16. "Maragheh Mardaq-Chay Bridge, Memorial of Safavid Era". mehrnews.com. Archived from the original on 2005-04-25.
  17. "Mideast's tallest suspension bridge inaugurated in Meshkinshahr". iran-daily.com.
  18. "The Project for Community-Based Sustainable Development Master Plan Of Qeshm Island Toward "Eco-Island" in the Islamic Republic of Iran" (PDF). Qeshm Free Zone Organization - Japan International Cooperation Agency. January 2019.
  19. "Arched bridge Karun IV". hexa.ir.
  20. "Iran's Longest Arch Bridge Opens". financialtribune.com.
  21. "Sebalootak Cable-Stayed Bridge". hexa.ir.
  22. "Lali Bridge". hexa.ir.
  23. "Lali Bridge - Lali, Iran". nck.ca.
  24. "Karun III Bridge". hexa.ir.
  25. "8th Ahwaz Bridge". hexa.ir.
  26. "Karun IV Cable-Stayed Bridge". hexa.ir.
  27. "Inauguration sur la Karun" (PDF) (in French). Freyssinet. 2006. p. 5. ISSN 1761-8029.
  28. "پايه هاي برق فشار متوسط از محدوده پل كابلي100 متر به عقب رانده شدند". Shushtarnews.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2012-11-30.
  29. "9th Ahwaz Bridge". hexa.ir.
  30. "Mared Bridge". hexa.ir.
  31. "7th Ahwaz Bridge". hexa.ir.
  32. "پل معلق (پل سفید) اهواز". degar.ir (in Persian).
  33. "Ghaziyan Bridge". hexa.ir.
  34. "Goutvand Bridge". hexa.ir.
  35. "Sevom Khordad Bridge (Darquain)". hexa.ir.
  36. "Karun I Bridge". hexa.ir.
  37. "2nd Bridge of Shooshtar". hexa.ir.
  38. "Tale Zang Bridge". hexa.ir.
  39. "Oromieh Lake Bridge, Iran" (PDF). aaj.no. Aas-Jakobsen civil engineering consulting, Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.

Further reading
  • Prade, Marcel (1990). Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
  • Shiraazi, K.; OstadiAsl, Z.; Sheikhloie, V.; Azami, A.; Hassanimehr, S. (2012). Traditionally Sustainability Analyses of Hydraulic-Architectural Bridge Construction in Iran. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.
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