List of bridges in Mozambique
Major bridges
This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft) or total lengths longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft).
Name | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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![]() | 1 | Maputo–Katembe bridge | 680 m (2,230 ft) | 3,041 m (9,977 ft) | Suspension Steel box girder, concrete pylons | 2018 | Maputo–Katembe 25°58′22.3″S 32°33′26.9″E | Maputo | [S 1] [1] [2] | |
![]() | 2 | Save River Bridge | 210 m (690 ft)(x3) | 870 m (2,850 ft) | Suspension 4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck 100+3x210+100 | N1 National road Save River | 1962 | Save–Bobo 21°08′10.5″S 34°33′57.7″E | Sofala Inhambane | [3] [4] [5] |
![]() | 3 | Samora Machel Bridge | 180 m (590 ft)(x3) | 720 m (2,360 ft) | Suspension 4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck 90+3x180+90 | N7 National road Zambezi | 1973 | Tete 16°9′17.5″S 33°35′37.7″E | Tete | [S 2] [6] [7] [8] |
![]() | 4 | Armando Emilio Guebuza Bridge | 137 m (449 ft)(x4) | 2,376 m (7,795 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 80+4x137+80 | N1 National road Zambezi | 2009 | Caia–Chimuara 17°48′28.6″S 35°23′51.8″E | Sofala Zambezia | [S 3] [9] [10] |
![]() | 5 | Kassuende Bridge | 135 m (443 ft)(x3) | 1,586 m (5,203 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | N103 National road Zambezi | 2014 | Tete 16°11′32.4″S 33°37′06.3″E | Tete | [S 4] [11] |
![]() | 6 | Xai-Xai Bridge | 120 m (390 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons | N1 National road Limpopo River | 1964 | Xai-Xai 25°01′36.6″S 33°37′54.7″E | Gaza | [S 5] [12] | |
7 | New Save River Bridge | 120 m (390 ft) | 1,009 m (3,310 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | N1 National road Save River | 2022 | Save–Bobo 21°08′10.2″S 34°34′04.8″E | Sofala Inhambane | [3] | |
![]() | 8 | Dona Ana Bridge | 80 m (260 ft)(x33) | 3,677 m (12,064 ft) | Truss Steel | 1935 | Mutarara–Vila de Sena 17°26′19.8″S 35°3′48.8″E | Tete Sofala | [S 6] [13] [14] | |
![]() | 9 | Gorongosa Bridge | Arch Concrete deck arch | N1 National road Pungwe River | Gorongosa District–Nhamatanda District 18°59′39.7″S 34°05′07.5″E | Sofala |
See also
References
- Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
- Others references
- Greene, Lawrence (October 2017). "Bridging the Gap – Maputo's newest Monument" (PDF). Civil Engineering. 9: 38–44. hdl:10520/EJC-a6d8fae16.
- Papanikolaou, Konstantinos (March 2009). "Maputo-Katembe Suspension Bridge" (PDF). e-mosty. No. 1. pp. 34–44. ISSN 2336-8179.
- "Save river's bridges". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Ponte Sobre o Rio Save, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Save River, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Mozambique: Work on the Save bridge grinds to a halt yet again". Clubofmozambique.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- Sopa, António. "Marcelo Caetano Bridge (Present day Samora Machel), Tete, Mozambique". Hpip.org - Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Ponte Sobre o Rio Zambeze, Tete, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Zambezi River, Tete, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Tete Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Partsazeco.com. VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020.
- Reis, António J.; Oliveira Pedro, José J.; Dalili, Behnam (June 2013). "Design and construction of Zambezi River Bridge, Mozambique". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering. 166 (2): 104-125. doi:10.1680/bren.11.00028. ISSN 1478-4637.
- Mendonça, T.; Brito, V.; Almeida, M. (July 2015). "Armando Guebuza Bridge over Zambezi River in Caia, Mozambique". Multi-Span Large Bridges: International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges. Porto, Portugal: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 301–308. ISBN 978-1-138-02757-2.
- "Kassuende Bridge in Tete over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Ponte Sobre o Rio Limpopo, Xai-Xai, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Limpopo River, Xai-Xai, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- "Le Pont sur le Zambèze" [The Bridge over the Zambezi River]. Le port de Beira et le pont sur le Zambèze (in French). Neogravura. 1937.
- "D.Ana Railway Bridge over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
External links
- "Brücken in der Mosambik" [Bridges in Mozambique]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
- Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Mozambique". Bridgemeister.com.
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