List of bridges in South Africa

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Historical or architectural interest bridges[]

	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
1	Crosses by Outeniqua Choo Tjoe Protected Site ID :9/2/030/0034-001		Beam Steel	Kaaimans River		Wilderness 33°59′52.2″S 22°33′25.5″E / 33.997833°S 22.557083°E / -33.997833; 22.557083 (Kaaimans River Railway Bridge)	Western Cape	^{[S 1]} ^[1]
2	Second highest railway bridge in Africa Deck height : 77 m (253 ft)	196 m (643 ft)	Truss Steel	Van Stadens River	1905	33°53′21.6″S 25°12′28.2″E / 33.889333°S 25.207833°E / -33.889333; 25.207833 (Van Stadens River Railway Bridge)	Eastern Cape	^[2]
3	Protected Site ID :9/2/068/0025		Suspension	Footbridge Kerk Street	1913	Oudtshoorn 33°35′17.1″S 22°12′3.7″E / 33.588083°S 22.201028°E / -33.588083; 22.201028 (Oudtshoorn Suspension Bridge)	Western Cape	^[3]
4	South Africa–Zimbabwe border		Truss Steel	Limpopo River	1929	Musina - Beitbridge 22°13′27.8″S 29°59′13.2″E / 22.224389°S 29.987000°E / -22.224389; 29.987000 (Alfred Beit Railway Bridge)	Limpopo Zimbabwe
5	Swing cable-stayed bridge		Cable-stayed Single tower, steel	Footbridge Victoria & Alfred Waterfront		Le Cap 33°54′22.6″S 18°25′18.9″E / 33.906278°S 18.421917°E / -33.906278; 18.421917	Western Cape	^{[S 2]}
6		77 m (253 ft)	Suspension Steel	Footbridge Storms River	1969	Tsitsikamma National Park 34°1′10.3″S 23°54′12.2″E / 34.019528°S 23.903389°E / -34.019528; 23.903389 (Tsitsikamma Suspension Bridge)	Western Cape	^[4]
7			Suspension Steel	Footbridge Oribi Gorge		30°43′16.1″S 30°11′10.8″E / 30.721139°S 30.186333°E / -30.721139; 30.186333 (Oribi Gorge Suspension Bridge)	KwaZulu-Natal

Major bridges[]

	Name	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
1	Msikaba Bridge project	580 m (1,900 ft)		Cable-stayed Steel deck	National route N2	2024	31°17′31.5″S 29°47′49.2″E / 31.292083°S 29.797000°E / -31.292083; 29.797000 (Msikaba Bridge)	Eastern Cape	^[5]
2	Bloukrans Bridge	272 m (892 ft)	451 m (1,480 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	National route N2 Bloukrans River	1984	Nature's Valley 33°58′0.1″S 23°38′42.8″E / 33.966694°S 23.645222°E / -33.966694; 23.645222 (Pont de Bloukrans)	Western Cape Eastern Cape	^{[S 3]}
3	Mtentu Bridge project	260 m (850 ft)	1,132 m (3,714 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 150+260+150	National route N2	2024	31°10′43.3″S 29°55′42.9″E / 31.178694°S 29.928583°E / -31.178694; 29.928583 (Pont de Mtentu)	Eastern Cape	^[5]
4	Van Stadens Bridge	198 m (650 ft)		Arch Concrete deck arch	National route N2 Van Stadens River	1971	33°54′32.6″S 25°11′49.3″E / 33.909056°S 25.197028°E / -33.909056; 25.197028 (Pont Van Stadens)	Eastern Cape	^{[S 4]}
5		189 m (620 ft)	301 m (988 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	National route N2 Groot River	1983	Nature's Valley 33°56′19.9″S 23°33′23.6″E / 33.938861°S 23.556556°E / -33.938861; 23.556556 (Pont sur la Groot)	Western Cape	^{[S 5]}
6	Nelson Mandela Bridge	176 m (577 ft)	284 m (932 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons		2003	Johannesburg 26°11′48.7″S 28°2′3″E / 26.196861°S 28.03417°E / -26.196861; 28.03417 (Pont Nelson Mandela)	Gauteng	^{[S 6]}
7	Gouritz River Bridge	170 m (560 ft)	210 m (690 ft)	Batter-post rigid frame Concrete	National route N2 Gourits River	1976	Mossel Bay 34°11′9.3″S 21°45′9.8″E / 34.185917°S 21.752722°E / -34.185917; 21.752722 (Pont de Mozel-Bay sur la Gouritz)	Western Cape	^{[S 7]}
8		165 m (541 ft)	286 m (938 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	National route N2	1983	Nature's Valley 33°55′58.9″S 23°32′0.7″E / 33.933028°S 23.533528°E / -33.933028; 23.533528 (Pont sur la Bobbejaans)	Western Cape	^{[S 8]}
9	Paul Sauer Bridge	100 m (330 ft)		Arch Concrete deck arch	National route N2 Storms River	1956	Stormsrivier 33°58′6.6″S 23°55′53.6″E / 33.968500°S 23.931556°E / -33.968500; 23.931556 (Pont Paul Sauer)	Eastern Cape	^{[S 9]}
10	C. H. Mitchell Bridge	206 m (676 ft)	210 m (690 ft)	Arch Steel through arch	Provincial Route R61 Mtamvuna River	1966	Mbizana Local Municipality - Port Edward 31°04′31.4″S 30°11′33.8″E / 31.075389°S 30.192722°E / -31.075389; 30.192722 (Umtamvuna Mitchell Bridge)	Eastern Cape KwaZulu-Natal

References[]

Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering

Others references

^ "The Official Outeniqua Choo tjoe and Transnet Heritage Museum web page".
^ "South Africa Bridges 90 to 100 meters".
^ "Suspension Bridge, Grobelaars River, Church Street".
^ "The Storms River Suspension Bridge".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Nick Fuchs, Stuart Withycombe, John Anderson (September 2018). "Msikaba and Mtentu River Bridges – Large Scale Infrastructure in Rural South Africa". 40th IABSE Symposium.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links[]

Highestbridges.com Category: Bridges in South Africa
Bridgemeister.com - Suspension bridges of South Africa

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Historical or architectural interest bridges[]

Major bridges[]

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