List of bridges in Madagascar

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

Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Region Ref.
1Anosizato Suspension Bridge
dismantled		Conception by Ferdinand Arnodin90 m (300 ft)Suspension
Route nationale 1
Ikopa River
1909AntananarivoAnalamanga[1]
2Tsingy Suspension BridgeTsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
World Heritage Site		Suspension
Footbridge
Antsalova
19°01′03.4″S 44°46′28.2″E		Melaky[2]

Major road and railway bridges

Kamoro, Mananjary and Betsiboka Bridges are three suspension bridges erected in Madagascar by the French company G. Leinekugel Le Cocq & Fils between 1931 and 1934.[3]

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

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Region Ref.
1Kamoro Bridge206 m (676 ft)262 m (860 ft)Suspension
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
206+56
Route nationale 4
Mahajamba River
1934Antanambazaha
16°27′38.9″S 47°10′07.5″E		Boeny[S 1]
[4]
[5]
2New Kamoro Bridge206 m (676 ft)265 m (869 ft)Suspension
Steel girder deck, concrete pylons
206+21+21+18
Route nationale 4
Mahajamba River
2017Antanambazaha
16°27′38.5″S 47°10′07.4″E		Boeny[S 2]
[4]
[6]
[7]
3Mananjary Bridge159 m (522 ft)196 m (643 ft)Suspension
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
17+159+17
Route nationale 25
Mananjary River
1934Mananjary
21°13′06.0″S 48°13′58.9″E		Vatovavy[8]
[9]
4Bemarivo Bridge140 m (460 ft)Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
Route nationale 5a
Bemarivo River
1964Nosiarina
14°12′11.0″S 50°03′06.2″E		Sava Region[S 3]
[10]
5Lokoho Bridge140 m (460 ft)174 m (571 ft)Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
Route nationale 5a
Lokoho River
1964Farahalana
14°26′00.2″S 50°09′25.2″E		Sava Region[S 4]
[11]
6Betsiboka Bridge
destroyed in 1942		130 m (430 ft)Suspension
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
Route nationale 4
Betsiboka River
1934Maevatanana
16°56′16.4″S 46°56′58.9″E		Betsiboka[12]
7Fanambana Bridge120 m (390 ft)195 m (640 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel, 1 pylon
120+75
Route nationale 5a
Fanambana River
1964Fanambana
13°32′43.8″S 49°59′14.5″E		Sava Region[S 5]
[10]

Notes and references
  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  1. "Kamoro Bridge".
  2. "New Kamoro Bridge".
  3. "Bémarivo Bridge".
  4. "Lohoko Bridge".
  5. "Fanambana Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. "Ponts suspendus, conçus, construits ou rénovés par Ferdinand Arnodin - 2e partie 1890>1924" [Suspension bridges, designed, built or renovated by Ferdinand Arnodin - 2nd part 1890>1924]. Timbresponts.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. "Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. A.C. (12 January 1935). "Les grands ponts de Madagascar et la technique nouvelle des ponts suspendus" [The great bridges of Madagascar and the new technique of suspension bridges]. Le Génie Civil. tome CVI, n° 2 (in French). Vol. 2735. pp. 46–47 – via Gallica.bnf.fr.
  4. del Drago, Filippo; Tortolini, Paolo; Petrangeli, Marco (23 September 2015). "The Kamoro Suspension Bridge in Madagascar". IABSE Conference – Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global. Geneva, Switzerland – via Researchgate.net.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. Petrangeli, Marco; Tortolini, Paolo; Gianclaudio, Olivia; Andreocci, Camillo; Magnani, Cristiana (January 2015). "Il ponte sospeso di kamoro in Madagascar" [The Kamoro suspension bridge in Madagascar]. Strade&Autostadale (in Italian). Vol. 109. EDI-CEM Srl. pp. 58–62. ISSN 1723-2155.
  6. Petrangeli, Marco; Andreocci, Camillo; Magnani, Cristiana; Bolognesi, Filippo (July 2017). "Ponte sospeso di kamoro - una costruzione economica ed efficace" [Kamoro suspension bridge - a cheap and effective construction]. Strade&Autostadale (in Italian). Vol. 124. EDI-CEM Srl. pp. 64–68. ISSN 1723-2155.
  7. Decultieux, Sylvain; Pastor, Frédéric (April 2017). "Construction du pont de la Kamoro sur la RN4 à Madagascar" [Construction of the Kamoro Bridge on the RN4] (PDF). Revue Travaux. pp. 57–63. ISSN 0041-1906. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. Leinekugel Le Cocq, Didier (2010). Vie du rail (ed.). Ingénieurs des ponts: l'histoire de la famille Arnodin-Leinekugel Le Cocq de 1872 à 2002 [Bridge engineers: the story of the Arnodin-Leinekugel Le Cocq family from 1872 to 2002] (in French). Vie du rail. p. 280. ISBN 978-2-918758-09-9.
  9. "Infrastructures routières : Le pont d'Anjilajila à Mananjary réhabilité" [Road infrastructure: Anjilajila bridge in Mananjary rehabilitated]. Midi-madagasikara.mg (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  10. Prade, 1990, p.46
  11. Prade, 1990, p.45
  12. "RN4 Madagascar: les ponts sur les rivières de Betsiboka et de Kamoro" [RN4 Madagascar: bridges over Betsiboka and Kamoro rivers] (in French). Priori Madagaskar. October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

See also

Further reading
  • Prade, Marcel (1990). "Madagascar". Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe [The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 44. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
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