List of bridges in Ethiopia

Historical or architectural interest bridges

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col |Distinction ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="115" |Type ! scope=col width="115" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Region ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |[[File:Portuguese Bridge and Nile, Tis Issat - by Gustavo Jeronimo2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[First Portuguese Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||||<small>{{Sort|M|[[Masonry]]<br />1 main arch, 6 secondary arches}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Blue Nile]]''</small></center>||1620||[[Tissisat]]<br /><small>{{Coord|11|29|14.7|N|37|35|39.4|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=First Portuguese Bridge}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/first-portuguese-bridge | title= First Portuguese Bridge }}</ref> |- |[[File:Sebara Dildiy (Broken Bridge) on Blue Nile River.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Second Portuguese Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|64|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M64|[[Masonry]]<br />10 arches}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Blue Nile]]''</small></center>||17th century||[[Gale (Ethiopia)|Gale]]<br /><small>{{Coord|11|13|3.4|N|37|52|36.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Second Portuguese Bridge}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/second-portuguese-bridge | title= Second Portuguese Bridge }}</ref> |- |[[File:RasDargesBridge1.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Portuguese Bridge (Debre Libanos)]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M33|[[Masonry]]<br />3 arches}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />'' ''</small></center>||17th century||[[Fiche]]<br /><small>{{Coord|9|44|1.7|N|38|48|49.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Portuguese Bridge (Debre Libanos)}}</small>||[[Oromia Region|Oromia]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anglo-ethiopian.org/publications/articles.php?type=A&reference=publications/articles/2003winter/bridgeatdebralebanos.php | first=Stephen| last=Bell| title= The Bridge at Debra Libanos| publisher=The Anglo-Ethiopian Society and Contributors}}</ref> |- |[[File:Defeche Bridge 092018.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Defeche Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M36|[[Masonry]]<br />4 arches}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Gilgel Megech]]''</small></center>||17th century||[[Gondar]]<br /><small>{{Coord|12|36|15.6|N|37|29|7.3|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Defeche Bridge}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref name="gonderian">{{cite book | authorlink=Engdu Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Hirute Sintayehu Kasahun and Solomon Lingerih Woreta| title=The Gonderian Period Bridges of Ethiopia: Status and Prospects for Tourism |publisher=African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure|volume=6 (3)|date=2017}}</ref><br /><ref name="Ethiopia">{{cite book | first=Philip| last=Briggs| title=Ethiopia |publisher=Bradt|date=2015|page=219, 220}}</ref> |- |[[File:Gobatit Bridge 092018.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Genfokuch Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M36|[[Masonry]]}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Gilgel Megech]]''</small></center>||17th century||[[Gondar]]<br /><small>{{Coord|12|34|27.2|N|37|27|42.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Genfokuch Bridge}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref name="gonderian"/><br /><ref name="Ethiopia"/> |- | ||_row_count||[[Mereb Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|[[Eritrea–Ethiopia border]]||||<small>{{Sort|TR|[[Truss bridge|Truss]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small>3<br />''[[Mareb River]]''</small></center>|| ||[[Rama, Ethiopia|Rama]] - [[Adi Quala Subregion|Adi Quala]]<br /><small>{{Coord|14|28|21.8|N|38|46|29.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Mereb Bridge}}</small>||[[Tigray Region|Tigray]]<br />{{ERI}}||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/mereb-river-bridge | title=Mereb River Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:Completed new Sebara Dildiy bridge.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Suspension bridge (Sebara Dildi)]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Span : {{convert|103|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />Build by [[Bridges to Prosperity]] organization||||<small>{{Sort|S|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel, wooden deck}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Blue Nile]]''</small></center>||2009||[[Mota Wereda]]<br /><small> </small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/suspension-bridge-at-sebara-dildi | title= Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi }}</ref> |- |[[File:Brug.. (6821427489).jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Alata Suspension bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Span : {{convert|81|m|ft|abbr=on}}||||<small>{{Sort|S|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge</small></center>||2011||[[Tissisat]]<br /><small>{{Coord|11|29|31.7|N|37|35|22.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Alata Suspension bridge}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]|| |}

Major bridges

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col |Span ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="115" |Type ! scope=col width="115" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Region ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |[[File:New bridge over Blue Nile RIver (5730219334).jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[New Abbay Bridge]]||{{convert|145|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|303|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|EX145|[[Extradosed bridge|Extradosed]]<br />Concrete box girder deck and pylons}}</small>||<center><small>National A3 Addis Ababa-Goha Tsion Trunk Road<br />''[[Blue Nile]]''</small></center>||2008||[[Dejen]]<br /><small>{{Coord|10|4|32.3|N|38|11|29.3|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Nouveau pont d'Abbay}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref name="abbay">{{cite web |url=https://www.kajima.co.jp/topics/news_notes/vol35/v35b.htm | title=Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge |website=Kajima.co.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118224405/http://www.kajima.co.jp/topics/news_notes/vol35/v35b.htm |archive-date=January 2017}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Omo Bridge]]||{{convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}}||||<small>{{Sort|TR128|[[Truss bridge|Truss]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Omo River (Ethiopia)|Omo]]''</small></center>||2013||[[Omorate]]<br /><small>{{Coord|4|48|45.1|N|36|2|56|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont d'Omo}}</small>||[[Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dnec.com/?portfolio=omo-river-bridge-recovery | title=Omo River Bridge Recovery,Repair and Strengthening Works |website=dnec.com}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vsl.com/download.php?year=2013&getfile=news_2013_2.pdf | title=VSL News Magazine n°2 - Ethiopia Bridge recovery |date=2013 |page=24}}</ref> |- |[[File:Bridges across the Blue Nile Gorge2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Abbay Bridge]]|| ||{{convert|263|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>National A3<br />''[[Blue Nile]]''</small></center>||1948||[[Dejen]]<br /><small>{{Coord|10|4|29.8|N|38|11|25.3|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont d'Abbay}}</small>||[[Amhara Region|Amhara]]||<ref name="abbay" /> |}

References

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

• Others references

See also

• Transport in Ethiopia

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.