List of bridges in Ethiopia

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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
• Rail transport in Ethiopia
• Geography of Ethiopia
• List of rivers of Ethiopia

References

• Notes

1. ^ Also called Alata Bridge.
2. ^ Also called Fasil Bridge or the Second Portuguese Bridge.
3. ^ Also called Defecha Bridge.
4. ^ Also called Gobatit Bridge or Seytan Metaya Bridge.
5. ^ Also called Ras Darge's Bridge or Portuguese Bridge.

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

1. ^ "First Portuguese Bridge".
2. ^ "Mereb River Bridge".
3. ^ "Suspension bridge at Sebara Dildi".

• Others references

1. ^ Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Alata bridge (PDF). p. 2.
2. ^ Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Sebara Dildiy (The Broken Bridge) (PDF). p. 3.
3. ^ Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Defecha bridge (PDF). p. 5.
4. ^ Briggs, 2019, p.269
5. ^ Gebrewold Weldesenbet, Sintayehu Kasahun, Lingerih Woreta, 2017, Genfokuch bridge (PDF). p. 4.
6. ^ Briggs, 2019, p.270
7. ^ Bell, Stephen. "The Bridge at Debra Libanos". Anglo-ethiopian.org - The Anglo-Ethiopian Society. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
8. ^ Briggs, 2019, Ras Darge's Bridge. p. 222.
9. ^ "Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Ethiopia". Crecg.com - China Railway Group Limited. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
10. ^ "About us". Abayriverbridge.com (official website). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
11. ^ ^{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.
12. ^ "Ethiopia's Bahir Dar Abay River Bridge Set to Complete in 2023". Businessinfoeth.com - Business Info Ethiopia. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
13. ^ ^{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.
14. ^ "Omo River Bridge Recovery, Repair and Strengthening Works, Ethiopian Roads Authority". Dnec.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
15. ^ "Ethiopia Bridge recovery" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 2. VSL International. 2013. p. 24.
16. ^ Worku, Girma. Post Tensioned / Pre-stressed bridges in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Roads Authority. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
17. ^ 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) . 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

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