Major bridges

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft) or total lengths longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft).

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Province Ref.
1Maputo–Katembe bridge680 m (2,230 ft)3,041 m (9,977 ft)Suspension
Steel box girder, concrete pylons
Road bridge
Maputo Bay
Estuário do Espírito Santo
2018Maputo–Katembe
25°58′22.3″S 32°33′26.9″E / 25.972861°S 32.557472°E / -25.972861; 32.557472 (Maputo–Katembe bridge)		Maputo[S 1]
[1]
[2]
2Save River Bridge210 m (690 ft)(x3)870 m (2,850 ft)Suspension
4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck
100+3x210+100
N1 National road
Save River
1962Save–Bobo
21°08′10.5″S 34°33′57.7″E / 21.136250°S 34.566028°E / -21.136250; 34.566028 (Save River Bridge)		Sofala
Inhambane		[3]
[4]
[5]
3Samora Machel Bridge180 m (590 ft)(x3)720 m (2,360 ft)Suspension
4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck
90+3x180+90
N7 National road
Zambezi
1973Tete
16°9′17.5″S 33°35′37.7″E / 16.154861°S 33.593806°E / -16.154861; 33.593806 (Samora Machel Bridge)		Tete[S 2]
[6]
[7]
[8]
4Armando Emilio Guebuza Bridge137 m (449 ft)(x4)2,376 m (7,795 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
80+4x137+80
N1 National road
Zambezi
2009Caia–Chimuara
17°48′28.6″S 35°23′51.8″E / 17.807944°S 35.397722°E / -17.807944; 35.397722 (Armando Emilio Guebuza Bridge)		Sofala
Zambezia		[S 3]
[9]
[10]
5Kassuende Bridge135 m (443 ft)(x3)1,586 m (5,203 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
N103 National road
Zambezi
2014Tete
16°11′32.4″S 33°37′06.3″E / 16.192333°S 33.618417°E / -16.192333; 33.618417 (Kassuende Bridge)		Tete[S 4]
[11]
6Xai-Xai Bridge120 m (390 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons
N1 National road
Limpopo River
1964Xai-Xai
25°01′36.6″S 33°37′54.7″E / 25.026833°S 33.631861°E / -25.026833; 33.631861 (Xai-Xai Bridge)		Gaza[S 5]
[12]
7New Save River Bridge120 m (390 ft)1,009 m (3,310 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
N1 National road
Save River
2022Save–Bobo
21°08′10.2″S 34°34′04.8″E / 21.136167°S 34.568000°E / -21.136167; 34.568000 (New Save River Bridge)		Sofala
Inhambane		[3]
8Dona Ana Bridge80 m (260 ft)(x33)3,677 m (12,064 ft)Truss
Steel

Zambezi
1935Mutarara–Vila de Sena
17°26′19.8″S 35°3′48.8″E / 17.438833°S 35.063556°E / -17.438833; 35.063556 (Dona Ana Bridge)		Tete
Sofala		[S 6]
[13]
[14]
9Gorongosa BridgeArch
Concrete deck arch
N1 National road
Pungwe River
Gorongosa District–Nhamatanda District
18°59′39.7″S 34°05′07.5″E / 18.994361°S 34.085417°E / -18.994361; 34.085417 (Gorongosa Bridge)		Sofala

See also

References

  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ↑ "Maputo-Catembe Bridge".
  2. ↑ "Samora Machel Bridge".
  3. ↑ "Ponte Armando Guebuza".
  4. ↑ "Kassuende Bridge".
  5. ↑ "Xai-Xai Bridge".
  6. ↑ "Ponte Dona Ana".
  • Others references
  1. ↑ Greene, Lawrence (October 2017). "Bridging the Gap – Maputo's newest Monument" (PDF). Civil Engineering. 9: 38–44. hdl:10520/EJC-a6d8fae16.
  2. ↑ Papanikolaou, Konstantinos (March 2009). "Maputo-Katembe Suspension Bridge" (PDF). e-mosty. No. 1. pp. 34–44. ISSN 2336-8179.
  3. 1 2 "Save river's bridges". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ponte Sobre o Rio Save, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Save River, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Mozambique: Work on the Save bridge grinds to a halt yet again". Clubofmozambique.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ Sopa, António. "Marcelo Caetano Bridge (Present day Samora Machel), Tete, Mozambique". Hpip.org - Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ponte Sobre o Rio Zambeze, Tete, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Zambezi River, Tete, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tete Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Partsazeco.com. VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ Reis, António J.; Oliveira Pedro, José J.; Dalili, Behnam (June 2013). "Design and construction of Zambezi River Bridge, Mozambique". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering. 166 (2): 104-125. doi:10.1680/bren.11.00028. ISSN 1478-4637.
  10. ↑ Mendonça, T.; Brito, V.; Almeida, M. (July 2015). "Armando Guebuza Bridge over Zambezi River in Caia, Mozambique". Multi-Span Large Bridges: International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges. Porto, Portugal: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 301–308. ISBN 978-1-138-02757-2.
  11. ↑ "Kassuende Bridge in Tete over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ponte Sobre o Rio Limpopo, Xai-Xai, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Limpopo River, Xai-Xai, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Le Pont sur le Zambèze" [The Bridge over the Zambezi River]. Le port de Beira et le pont sur le Zambèze (in French). Neogravura. 1937.
  14. ↑ "D.Ana Railway Bridge over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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