List of bridges in Zimbabwe

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Major bridges[]

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
Bbridge.jpg 1 Birchenough Bridge 329 m (1,079 ft) 378 m (1,240 ft) Arch
Steel tied-arch
A9 road
Sabi
1935 Chipinge
19°57′43.1″S 32°20′39.3″E / 19.961972°S 32.344250°E / -19.961972; 32.344250 (Birchenough Bridge)
Manicaland Province [S 1]
Olto Beit Bridge over the Zambesi at Chirundu. North Rhodesia (37788904851).jpg 2 Otto Beit Bridge 328 m (1,076 ft) 369 m (1,211 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
R3 road
Zambezi
1939 Chirundu, Zimbabwe
Chirundu, Zambia
16°02′16.6″S 28°51′08.2″E / 16.037944°S 28.852278°E / -16.037944; 28.852278 (Otto Beit Bridge)
Mashonaland West Province
 Zambia
[S 2]
3 Second Chirundu Bridge 160 m (520 ft) 400 m (1,300 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
119+160+119
R3 road
Zambezi
2002 Chirundu, Zimbabwe
Chirundu, Zambia
16°02′18.8″S 28°51′05.8″E / 16.038556°S 28.851611°E / -16.038556; 28.851611 (Second Chirundu Bridge)
Mashonaland West Province
 Zambia
[S 3]
[1]
Victoria Falls Bridge, Zambia.jpg 4 Victoria Falls Bridge 156 m (512 ft) 198 m (650 ft) Arch
Steel deck arch
A8 road
Zambezi
1905 Victoria Falls
Livingstone
17°55′41.7″S 25°51′26.1″E / 17.928250°S 25.857250°E / -17.928250; 25.857250 (Victoria Falls Bridge)
Matabeleland North Province
 Zambia
[S 4]
[2]

References[]

  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "Birchenough Bridge".
  2. ^ "Otto Beit Bridge".
  3. ^ "Chirundu Bridge".
  4. ^ "Victoria Falls Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ Keiji Yamazaki, Tomohiko Kashiwamura, Masato Otsubo & Jun Yamazaki. "Chirundu Bridge Construction Project in Zambia/Zimbabwe" (PDF). The Importance of Design and Technical Management in International Bridge.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Victoria Falls Bridge". asce.org - American Society of Civil Engineers.

See also[]

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

External links[]

"Category: Bridges in Zimbabwe". highestbridges.com.

Further reading[]

  • Prade, Marcel (1990). Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
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