List of bridges in Armenia
This list of bridges in Armenia lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
Historical and architectural interest bridges[]
Name | Armenian | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Միջնադարյան կամուրջ Կապանում | Monument ID 9.1/10.4 | Masonry 1 arch |
871 | Tsav | Syunik | [1] | ||||
2 | Լոռի բերդի կամուրջ | Monument ID 7.44/12.2.6 | Masonry 1 arch |
11th century | Lori Berd 41°00′15.0″N 44°25′52.2″E / 41.004167°N 44.431167°E |
Lori | |||||
3 | Ազատ կամուրջ | Monument ID 6.21/20 | Masonry 1 arch |
Azat River |
11th century | Garni 40°06′58.6″N 44°44′33.6″E / 40.116278°N 44.742667°E |
Kotayk | ||||
4 | Սանահինի կամուրջ | Monument ID 7.2/23 | 60 m (200 ft) | Masonry 1 arch |
Debed |
1195 | Alaverdi 41°05′56.5″N 44°39′27.1″E / 41.099028°N 44.657528°E |
Lori | [S 1] [2] | ||
5 | in ruins |
Անիի կամուրջ | Armenia–Turkey border Span : 30 m (98 ft) |
Masonry 1 arch |
Akhurian River |
13th century | Ani 40°30′15.4″N 43°34′22.6″E / 40.504278°N 43.572944°E |
Shirak Turkey |
[S 2] [3] | ||
6 | Ագարակաձոր կամուրջ | Monument ID 11.4/10 | Masonry 1 arch |
Arpa |
13th century | Agarakadzor 39°44′28.4″N 45°19′28.8″E / 39.741222°N 45.324667°E |
Vayots Dzor | ||||
7 | Յաղդան Կամուրջ | Monument ID 7.79/10 | Masonry 1 arch |
13th century | Yaghdan 41°00′30.3″N 44°30′50.1″E / 41.008417°N 44.513917°E |
Lori | |||||
8 | Սրանոցի Կամուրջ | Monument ID 10.8/6.9 | Masonry 1 arch |
14th century | Acharkut | Tavush | |||||
9 | Աշտարակ կամուրջ | Monument ID 2.1/21 | Masonry 3 arches |
Kasagh River |
1664 | Ashtarak 40°17′54.1″N 44°22′05.5″E / 40.298361°N 44.368194°E |
Aragatsotn | [S 3] | |||
10 | Red Bridge, Yerevan in ruins |
Կարմիր կամուրջ | Monument ID 1.6/84 | 87 m (285 ft) | Masonry 4 pointed arches |
Out of order Hrazdan River |
1679 | Yerevan Kentron 40°10′18.3″N 44°30′00.0″E / 40.171750°N 44.500000°E |
Yerevan | [S 4] | |
11 | Օշականի կամուրջը | Monument ID 2.113/24 | Masonry 5 arches (3 pointed arches) |
H19 Kasagh River |
1706 | Oshakan 40°15′23.4″N 44°18′52.5″E / 40.256500°N 44.314583°E |
Aragatsotn | ||||
12 | Կամուրջ Մելիք Թանգի | Monument ID 9.78/3 | Masonry 1 pointed arch |
Vorotan |
1855 | Vorotnavan 39°29′02.6″N 46°08′22.0″E / 39.484056°N 46.139444°E |
Syunik | ||||
13 | Victory Bridge, Yerevan | Հաղթանակի կամուրջ | Monument ID 1.6/85 | 200 m (660 ft) | Arch bridge Concrete deck arch |
Hrazdan River |
1945 | Yerevan Kentron 40°10′29.2″N 44°29′58.9″E / 40.174778°N 44.499694°E |
Yerevan | [S 5] | |
14 | Hrazdan Gorge Aqueduct | Հրազդանի Ձորի ջրանցույց | Monument ID 1.6/156 | 100 m (330 ft) | Masonry | Hrazdan River |
1950 | Yerevan Kentron 40°10′43.4″N 44°29′53.9″E / 40.178722°N 44.498306°E |
Yerevan | [S 6] | |
15 | Խնձորեսկի ճոճվող կամուրջ | Span : 160 m (520 ft) Height : 63 m (207 ft) |
160 m (520 ft) | Suspension Steel |
2012 | Khndzoresk 39°30′02.7″N 46°25′58.7″E / 39.500750°N 46.432972°E |
Syunik | [S 7] [4] |
Name | Locality | Date | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Areni Bridge | Areni | 13the century | Spans the Arpa River | |
Tsakhats Kar Bridge | Shatin | 13th-14the centuries | Spans the Yeghegis River | |
Tsatur Bridge | Shatin | 1666 | Spans the Yeghegis River | |
Vayk Bridge | Vayk | 17th century | Spans the Arpa River |
Major road and railway bridges[]
This table presents the structures with greatest spans of Armenia (non-exhaustive list).
Name | Armenian | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Նոր Հաճընի կամուրջը | 160 m (520 ft) | 636 m (2,087 ft) | Truss Steel V-shaped legs |
H5 Masis-Nurnus rail line Hrazdan River |
1981 | Nor Hachn - Arzni 39°50′17.3″N 45°40′18.8″E / 39.838139°N 45.671889°E |
Kotayk | [S 8] [5] | ||
2 | Ջերմուկ, կամուրջ | 120 m (390 ft) | 168 m (551 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch |
H42 Arpa |
1972 | Jermuk 39°50′17.3″N 45°40′18.8″E / 39.838139°N 45.671889°E |
Vayots Dzor | [S 9] [6] | ||
3 | Great Bridge of Hrazdan | Հրազդանի Մեծ կամուրջ | 115 m (377 ft) | 335 m (1,099 ft) | Arch Concrete deck arch |
Kievyan Street - Leningradian Street Hrazdan River |
1956 | Yerevan Arabkir - Ajapnyak 40°11′29.0″N 44°28′56.4″E / 40.191389°N 44.482333°E |
Yerevan | [S 10] | |
4 | Աշտարակ կամուրջ | 84 m (276 ft) | 368 m (1,207 ft) | Beam Steel, orthotropic deck 63+84+63 Twin bridges |
M1 Kasagh River |
1994 2003 |
Ashtarak 40°17′54.3″N 44°22′23.9″E / 40.298417°N 44.373306°E |
Tavush | [S 11] [7] | ||
5 | Davtashen Bridge | Դավթաշենի կամուրջ | 80 m (260 ft) (x3) | 496 m (1,627 ft) | Beam Steel, orthotropic deck 48+3x80+64 Twin bridges |
Sasna Tzrer Street - Vaghrshyan Street Hrazdan River |
2000 | Yerevan Davtashen - Arabkir 40°12′34.2″N 44°29′36.8″E / 40.209500°N 44.493556°E |
Yerevan | [8] | |
6 | Ստեփանավանի կամուրջ | 63 m (207 ft) (x3) | 237 m (778 ft) | Beam Steel, orthotropic deck 18+63x3+18 Twin bridges |
M3 Dzoraget River |
1989 | Stepanavan 41°00′49.7″N 44°23′06.4″E / 41.013806°N 44.385111°E |
Lori | [9] | ||
7 | Մեղրիի կամուրջ | 63 m (207 ft) (x3) | 208 m (682 ft) | Beam Steel |
M2 Aras |
1995 | Meghri - 38°51′06.3″N 46°12′06.0″E / 38.851750°N 46.201667°E |
Syunik Iran |
[10] |
See also[]
- Transport in Armenia
- Rail transport in Armenia
- Geography of Armenia
Notes and references[]
- Notes
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ "Kapan". armenia-tour.com.
- ^ "Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture - Sanahin Bridge". armenianstudies.csufresno.edu. Archived from the original on April 2016.
- ^ "The Bridge Over The Akhurian River". virtualani.org.
- ^ "Khndzoresk Miracle: 160 Meter Swinging Bridge, Built By Hand, Officially Opens". hetq.am.
- ^ "Мост на реке Раздан (70-е годы)" [Bridge on the Hrazdan River (70s)]. giprostroymost.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Popov, Ruzhansky, Poliakova (May 1978). "Arch all-metal bridge over the Arpa River in Jermuk". e-periodica.ch. IABSE Structures, v.2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Ashtarak bridge over the Kasakh river gorge". kamurjshin.am.
- ^ "Davtashen bridge in Yerevan over the Hrazdan river gorge". kamurjshin.am.
- ^ "Stepanavan bridge over the Dzoraget river gorge". kamurjshin.am.
- ^ "Meghri bridge over the river Arax". kamurjshin.am.
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