List of bridges in Ethiopia

Historical or architectural interest bridges[edit]

	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[edit]

	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]

References[edit]

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

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

External links[edit]

"Ethiopia Footbridges - Projects". Bridgestoprosperity.org. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.
"Ethiopia". Helvetasusa.org.

[1] Also called Alata Bridge.

[4] Also called Fasil Bridge or the Second Portuguese Bridge.

[6] Also called Defecha Bridge.

[9] Also called Gobatit Bridge or Seytan Metaya Bridge.

[12] Also called Ras Darge's Bridge or Portuguese Bridge.

[2] "First Portuguese Bridge".

[15] "Mereb River Bridge".

[16] "Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi".

[3] Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Alata bridge (PDF). p. 2.

[5] Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Sebara Dildiy (The Broken Bridge) (PDF). p. 3.

[7] Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Defecha bridge (PDF). p. 5.

[8] Briggs, 2019, p.269

[10] Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Genfokuch bridge (PDF). p. 4.

[11] Briggs, 2019, p.270

[13] Bell, Stephen. "The Bridge at Debra Libanos". Anglo-ethiopian.org - The Anglo-Ethiopian Society. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[14] Briggs, 2019, Ras Darge's Bridge. p. 222.

[17] "Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Ethiopia". Crecg.com - China Railway Group Limited. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[18] "About us". Abayriverbridge.com (official website). Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[Abeba-19] 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.

[20] "Ethiopia's Bahir Dar Abay River Bridge Set to Complete in 2023". Businessinfoeth.com - Business Info Ethiopia. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[abbay-21] "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.

[22] "Omo River Bridge Recovery, Repair and Strengthening Works, Ethiopian Roads Authority". Dnec.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[23] "Ethiopia Bridge recovery" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 2. VSL International. 2013. p. 24.

[24] Worku, Girma. Post Tensioned / Pre-stressed bridges in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Roads Authority. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[25] Worku, 2017, p.12

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