List of bridges in Morocco

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Historical or architectural interest bridges[]

Name Arabic Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
1 Oued Tensift Bridge Masonry
27 arches

Tensift River
 1170 Marrakesh
31°41′30.8″N 7°59′17.9″W / 31.691889°N 7.988306°W / 31.691889; -7.988306 (Tensift Bridge)		 Marrakesh-Safi [I 1]
[1]
2 150 m (490 ft) Masonry
8 arches
Sebou River
 1670 Fez
 Fès-Meknès [2]
3 Masonry
10 arches

Oum Er-Rbia River
 1687 Kasba Tadla
32°35′35.4″N 6°16′20″W / 32.593167°N 6.27222°W / 32.593167; -6.27222 (Moulay Ismaïl Bridge)		 Béni Mellal-Khénifra [I 2]
[S 1]
Essaouira port remparts 1134.JPG 4 Masonry
18th century Essaouira
31°30′36.6″N 9°46′25.9″W / 31.510167°N 9.773861°W / 31.510167; -9.773861 (Sqala Bridge)		 Marrakesh-Safi [3]
TROTTER(1881) p293 CAMP BETWEEN FEZ AND MEQUINEZ.jpg 5 Masonry
5 arches
Oued Nja
1870
33°59′54.3″N 5°11′18.8″W / 33.998417°N 5.188556°W / 33.998417; -5.188556 (Oued Nja Bridge)		 Fès-Meknès [I 3]
Khénifra-pont.jpeg 6 Masonry
Oum Er-Rbia River
 19th century Khenifra
32°56′16.7″N 5°40′09.9″W / 32.937972°N 5.669417°W / 32.937972; -5.669417 (Khenifra Bridge)		 Béni Mellal-Khénifra [I 4]


Major bridges[]

Name Arabic Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Region Ref.
Mohammed 6th Bridge.jpg 1 Mohammed VI Bridge جسر محمد السادس 376 m (1,234 ft) 952 m (3,123 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete deck and pylons
183+376+183
Contournement de Rabat
Bou Regreg
 2014 Rabat
33°56′19.8″N 6°45′34.7″W / 33.938833°N 6.759639°W / 33.938833; -6.759639 (Mohammed VI Bridge)		 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra [4]
2 136 m (446 ft) 224 m (735 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck
National Route 11
 2019 Casablanca
33°32′23.0″N 7°38′25.9″W / 33.539722°N 7.640528°W / 33.539722; -7.640528 (Sidi Maârouf Bridge)		 Casablanca-Settat [S 2]
Pont suspendu Oued Cherrat.jpg 3 103 m (338 ft) Suspension
Pylônes maçonnerie
National Route 1
Oued Sherrat
 1922 Skhirat
33°48′53.2″N 7°6′36.4″W / 33.814778°N 7.110111°W / 33.814778; -7.110111 (Oued Sherrat Bridge)		 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra [I 5]
[S 3]
[5]
4 103 m (338 ft) Suspension
Pylônes maçonnerie
National Route 1
Oued Ikem
 1922 Skhirat
33°52′24.1″N 6°59′42.1″W / 33.873361°N 6.995028°W / 33.873361; -6.995028 (Oued Ikem Bridge)		 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra [I 6]
[S 4]
[5]
Pont Hassan II,Rabat.jpg 5 جسر الحسن الثاني 76 m (249 ft) 1,215 m (3,986 ft) Arch
Concrete deck arch
National Route 1
Rabat–Salé tramway (T1, T2)
Bou Regreg
 2011 Rabat
34°01′38.4″N 6°49′10.0″W / 34.027333°N 6.819444°W / 34.027333; -6.819444 (Hassan-II Bridge)		 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra [S 5]
6 Suspension
Steel deck, concrete pylons
R302
Oued Laabid
 Ouaouizeght
32°7′55.4″N 6°18′1.6″W / 32.132056°N 6.300444°W / 32.132056; -6.300444 (Oued Laabid Bridge)		 Béni Mellal-Khénifra

References[]

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  • Idpc.ma - Inventaire et Documentation du Patrimoine Culturel du Maroc (in French)
  1. ^ "Pont Oued Tansift".
  2. ^ "Pont Oum Er-Rebia".
  3. ^ "Pont Oued Nja".
  4. ^ "Pont de Khénifra".
  5. ^ "Pont Oued Cherrat (Pont suspondu)".
  6. ^ "Pont Oued Ikem (pont suspondu)".
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "Kantara Ismaelia".
  2. ^ "Sidi Maârouf Bridge".
  3. ^ "Oued Cherrat Bridge".
  4. ^ "Oued Ikkem Bridge".
  5. ^ "Hassan II Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ "Pont de Tansifet". qantara-med.org.
  2. ^ "Bridge of Sebou". qantara-med.org.
  3. ^ "Sqala du port d'Essaouira". qantara-med.org.
  4. ^ "Conception du viaduc haubané sur l'Oued Bouregreg (Maroc)" (PDF) (in French). Revue Travaux n°879. 2011.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ponts suspendus, conçus, construits ou rénovés par Ferdinand Arnodin". timbresponts.fr (in French).

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