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Historical or architectural interest bridges
Name
Distinction
Length
Type
Carries
Crosses
Opened
Location
Region
Ref.
1
Portuguese Bridge
64 m (210 ft)
Masonry
1 main arch, 6 secondary arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
17th century
Tissisat
11°29′14.7″N
37°35′39.4″E
/
11.487417°N 37.594278°E
/
11.487417; 37.594278
(
Alata Bridge
)
Amhara
[Note 1]
[S 1]
[1]
2
Sebara Dildiy
Bridge
60 m (200 ft)
Masonry
10 arches
Footbridge
Blue Nile
17th century
Gale
11°13′3.4″N
37°52′36.8″E
/
11.217611°N 37.876889°E
/
11.217611; 37.876889
(
Sebara Dildiy Bridge
)
Amhara
|
[Note 2]
[2]
3
Defeche Bridge
[
Wikidata
]
36 m (118 ft)
Masonry
4 arches
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech River
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
[Note 3]
[3]
[4]
4
Genfokuch Bridge
[
Wikidata
]
36 m (118 ft)
Masonry
Footbridge
Gilgel Megech River
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
[Note 4]
[5]
[6]
5
Debre Libanos Bridge
33 m (108 ft)
Masonry
3 arches
Footbridge
Gur River
Fiche
9°44′1.7″N
38°48′49.8″E
/
9.733806°N 38.813833°E
/
9.733806; 38.813833
(
Debre Libanos Bridge
)
Oromia
[Note 5]
[7]
[8]
6
Mereb Bridge
Eritrea–Ethiopia border
Truss
Steel
Road bridge
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 2]
7
Suspension bridge (Sebara Dildi)
Build by
Bridges to Prosperity
organization
Suspension
Steel, wooden deck
Footbridge
Blue Nile
2009
Gale
11°13′01.6″N
37°52′41.8″E
/
11.217111°N 37.878278°E
/
11.217111; 37.878278
(
Suspension bridge (Sebara Dildi)
)
Amhara
[S 3]
8
Alata Suspension bridge
Span : 81 m (266 ft)
Suspension
Steel
Footbridge
2011
Tissisat
11°29′31.7″N
37°35′22.9″E
/
11.492139°N 37.589694°E
/
11.492139; 37.589694
(
Alata Suspension bridge
)
Amhara
9
Awash Railway Grand Bridge
Height : 71 m (233 ft)
155 m (509 ft)
Box girder
Prestressed concrete
40+64+40
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Awash River
2018
Awash
9°01′42.0″N
40°10′55.3″E
/
9.028333°N 40.182028°E
/
9.028333; 40.182028
(
Awash Railway Grand Bridge
)
Afar
[9]
Major bridges
Name
Span
Length
Type
Carries
Crosses
Opened
Location
Region
Ref.
1
Abay River Bridge
under construction
180 m (590 ft)
380 m (1,250 ft)
Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
Twin bridges
100+180+100
National A3
Trans-African Highway 4
Blue Nile
2023
Bahir Dar
11°35′15.3″N
37°24′28.2″E
/
11.587583°N 37.407833°E
/
11.587583; 37.407833
(
Abay River Bridge
)
Amhara
[10]
[11]
[12]
2
New Abbay Bridge
145 m (476 ft)
303 m (994 ft)
Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
78+145+78
National A3 Addis Ababa-Goha Tsion Trunk Road
Blue Nile
2008
Dejen
10°04′32.9″N
38°11′29.2″E
/
10.075806°N 38.191444°E
/
10.075806; 38.191444
(
New Abbay Bridge
)
Amhara
[13]
[11]
3
Omo Bridge
128 m (420 ft)
Truss
Steel
Omo River
2013
Omorate
4°48′45.1″N
36°2′56″E
/
4.812528°N 36.04889°E
/
4.812528; 36.04889
(
Omo Bridge
)
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
[14]
[15]
4
Abay No.8 Bridge
285 m (935 ft)
Box girder
Prestressed concrete
B21 road
Blue Nile
2015
Wegde
10°39′50.0″N
38°30′12.6″E
/
10.663889°N 38.503500°E
/
10.663889; 38.503500
(
Abay No.8 Bridge
)
Amhara
[16]
5
Abbay Bridge
210 m (690 ft)
Arch
Concrete deck arch
National A3
Blue Nile
1948
Dejen
10°04′30.1″N
38°11′25.4″E
/
10.075028°N 38.190389°E
/
10.075028; 38.190389
(
Abbay Bridge
)
Amhara
[13]
[17]
See also
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Transport in Ethiopia
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References
Notes
^
Also called Alata Bridge.
^
Also called Fasil Bridge or the Second Portuguese Bridge.
^
Also called Defecha Bridge.
^
Also called Gobatit Bridge or Seytan Metaya Bridge.
^
Also called Ras Darge's Bridge or Portuguese Bridge.
Nicolas Janberg,
Structurae.com
, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
^
"First Portuguese Bridge"
.
^
"Mereb River Bridge"
.
^
"Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi"
.
Others references
^
Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017
,
Alata bridge
(PDF)
. p. 2.
^
Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017
,
Sebara Dildiy (The Broken Bridge)
(PDF)
. p. 3.
^
Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017
,
Defecha bridge
(PDF)
. p. 5.
^
Briggs, 2019
, p.269
^
Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017
,
Genfokuch bridge
(PDF)
. p. 4.
^
Briggs, 2019
, p.270
^
Bell, Stephen.
"The Bridge at Debra Libanos"
.
Anglo-ethiopian.org - The Anglo-Ethiopian Society
. Retrieved
March 26,
2023
.
^
Briggs, 2019
,
Ras Darge's Bridge
. p. 222.
^
"Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Ethiopia"
.
Crecg.com - China Railway Group Limited
. Retrieved
March 26,
2023
.
^
"About us"
.
Abayriverbridge.com (official website)
. Retrieved
March 26,
2023
.
^
a
b
Abeba, Lamesgin Simegn (August 2021).
Structural optimization of superstructure parameter of extradosed cable stayed bridge using genetic algorithm, as a case study on Abay River Bridge
(PDF)
.
Ir.bdu.edu.et
(Thesis). Bahir Dar University.
^
"Ethiopia's Bahir Dar Abay River Bridge Set to Complete in 2023"
.
Businessinfoeth.com - Business Info Ethiopia
. Retrieved
March 26,
2023
.
^
a
b
"Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge"
.
Kajima.co.jp -
Kajima Corporation
. Kajima News & Notes Vol.35. 2005. Archived from
the original
on January 18, 2017.
^
"Omo River Bridge Recovery, Repair and Strengthening Works, Ethiopian Roads Authority"
.
Dnec.com
. Retrieved
March 26,
2023
.
^
"Ethiopia Bridge recovery"
(PDF)
.
VSL News Magazine
. Vol. 2.
VSL International
. 2013. p. 24.
^
Worku, Girma.
Post Tensioned / Pre-stressed bridges in Ethiopia
. Ethiopian Roads Authority.
{{
cite book
}}
:
|website=
ignored (
help
)
^
Worku, 2017
, p.12
Further reading
Blue Nil Map
(PDF)
(Map). National Geographic Society. 2000. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2016-03-03.
Briggs, Philip (January 2019) [1995].
Ethiopia
. Bradt Travel Guides.
ISBN
978-1-78477-099-0
.
Design manual for low volume roads trail bridges manual - Part F
(PDF)
. Ethiopian Roads Authority. July 2011.
{{
cite book
}}
:
|website=
ignored (
help
)
Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Engdu; Sintayehu Kasahun, Hirute; Lingerih Woreta, Solomon (2017).
"The Gonderian Period Bridges of Ethiopia: Status and Prospects for Tourism"
(PDF)
.
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
.
6
(3).
ISSN
2223-814X
.
Heinatz, Stephanie (August 2008).
"Bridging Worlds"
(PDF)
.
The Rotarian
.
Rotary International
. pp. 42–47. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2011-07-25.
Selassie Mokonnen, Meheret (October 7, 2017).
"Abandoned historical bridges"
.
The Reporter (Ethiopia)
.
Towards Safer River Crossings: Trail Bridge Capacity Building Project in Ethiopia
(PDF)
. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Helvetas. October 2010.
{{
cite book
}}
:
|website=
ignored (
help
)
Worku, Girma (June 2017).
Short Study on Ethiopian Arch Bridges
. Ethiopian Roads Authority.
{{
cite book
}}
:
|website=
ignored (
help
)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
List of bridges in Ethiopia
.
"Ethiopia Footbridges - Projects"
.
Bridgestoprosperity.org
. Archived from
the original
on March 11, 2012.
"Ethiopia"
.
Helvetasusa.org
.
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