List of bridges in Ethiopia

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Historical or architectural interest bridges[]

Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
Portuguese Bridge and Nile, Tis Issat - by Gustavo Jeronimo2.jpg 1 Masonry
1 main arch, 6 secondary arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 1620
11°29′14.7″N 37°35′39.4″E / 11.487417°N 37.594278°E / 11.487417; 37.594278 (First Portuguese Bridge)		 Amhara [S 1]
Sebara Dildiy (Broken Bridge) on Blue Nile River.jpg 2 64 m (210 ft) Masonry
10 arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 17th century
11°13′3.4″N 37°52′36.8″E / 11.217611°N 37.876889°E / 11.217611; 37.876889 (Second Portuguese Bridge)		 Amhara [S 2]
RasDargesBridge1.jpg 3 33 m (108 ft) Masonry
3 arches
Footbridge
 17th century [[Fiche, Ethiopia|]]
9°44′1.7″N 38°48′49.8″E / 9.733806°N 38.813833°E / 9.733806; 38.813833 (Portuguese Bridge (Debre Libanos))		 Oromia [1]
Defeche Bridge 092018.jpg 4 36 m (118 ft) Masonry
4 arches
Footbridge
 17th century Gondar
12°36′15.6″N 37°29′7.3″E / 12.604333°N 37.485361°E / 12.604333; 37.485361 (Defeche Bridge)		 Amhara [2]
[3]
Gobatit Bridge 092018.jpg 5 36 m (118 ft) Masonry
Footbridge
 17th century Gondar
12°34′27.2″N 37°27′42.9″E / 12.574222°N 37.461917°E / 12.574222; 37.461917 (Genfokuch Bridge)		 Amhara [2]
[3]
6 Truss
Steel
3
Mareb River
 Rama - Adi Quala
14°28′21.8″N 38°46′29.8″E / 14.472722°N 38.774944°E / 14.472722; 38.774944 (Mereb Bridge)		 Tigray
 Eritrea		 [S 3]
Completed new Sebara Dildiy bridge.jpg 7 Span : 103 m (338 ft)
Build by Bridges to Prosperity organization		 Suspension
Steel, wooden deck
Footbridge
Blue Nile
 2009
Amhara [S 4]
Brug.. (6821427489).jpg 8 Span : 81 m (266 ft) Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
 2011
11°29′31.7″N 37°35′22.9″E / 11.492139°N 37.589694°E / 11.492139; 37.589694 (Alata Suspension bridge)		 Amhara

Major bridges[]

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
New bridge over Blue Nile RIver (5730219334).jpg 1 145 m (476 ft) 303 m (994 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck and pylons
National A3 Addis Ababa-Goha Tsion Trunk Road
Blue Nile
 2008 Dejen
10°4′32.3″N 38°11′29.3″E / 10.075639°N 38.191472°E / 10.075639; 38.191472 (Nouveau pont d'Abbay)		 Amhara [4]
2 128 m (420 ft) Truss
Steel

Omo
 2013 Omorate
4°48′45.1″N 36°2′56″E / 4.812528°N 36.04889°E / 4.812528; 36.04889 (Pont d'Omo)		 Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region [5]
[6]
Bridges across the Blue Nile Gorge2.jpg 3 263 m (863 ft) Arch
Concrete deck arch
National A3
Blue Nile
 1948 Dejen
10°4′29.8″N 38°11′25.3″E / 10.074944°N 38.190361°E / 10.074944; 38.190361 (Pont d'Abbay)		 Amhara [4]

References[]

  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "First Portuguese Bridge".
  2. ^ "Second Portuguese Bridge".
  3. ^ "Mereb River Bridge".
  4. ^ "Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi".
  • Others references
  1. ^ Bell, Stephen. "The Bridge at Debra Libanos". The Anglo-Ethiopian Society and Contributors.
  2. ^ a b The Gonderian Period Bridges of Ethiopia: Status and Prospects for Tourism. Vol. 6 (3). African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure. 2017.
  3. ^ a b Briggs, Philip (2015). Ethiopia. Bradt. p. 219, 220.
  4. ^ a b "Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge". Kajima.co.jp. Archived from the original on January 2017.
  5. ^ "Omo River Bridge Recovery,Repair and Strengthening Works". dnec.com.
  6. ^ "VSL News Magazine n°2 - Ethiopia Bridge recovery" (PDF). 2013. p. 24.

See also[]

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External links[]

"Ethiopia Footbridges". Bridgestoprosperity.org. Archived from the original on March 2012.

Further reading[]

Heinatz, Stephanie (August 2008). Bridging Worlds (PDF). The Rotarian. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2011.

Blue Nil Map (PDF). National Geographic. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2008.

Selass, Meheret (October 2017). Abandoned historical bridges. thereporterethiopia.com.

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