List of bridges in Angola

This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Angola, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
1 New Kwanza River Bridge
project
300 m (980 ft) 626 m (2,054 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
126+300+126
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Cuanza River
Luanda
9°19′27.9″S 13°09′47.5″E / 9.324417°S 13.163194°E / -9.324417; 13.163194 (New Kwanza River Bridge)
Luanda Province [1]
[2]
[3]
2 Kwanza Suspension Bridge 260 m (850 ft) 420 m (1,380 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
National road EN100
Cuanza River
1975 Luanda
9°19′25.2″S 13°09′49.3″E / 9.323667°S 13.163694°E / -9.323667; 13.163694 (Kwanza Suspension Bridge)
Luanda Province [S 1]
[4]
[5]
[6]
3 Queve River Bridge
project
248 m (814 ft) 975 m (3,199 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
108+248+108
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Cuvo River
Porto Amboim
10°52′34.3″S 13°50′32.7″E / 10.876194°S 13.842417°E / -10.876194; 13.842417 (Queve River Bridge)
Cuanza Sul Province [7]
[8]
4 4 de Abril Bridge 160 m (520 ft) 438 m (1,437 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete deck, concrete pylons
64+160+64
National road EN100
Catumbela River
2009 Catumbela
12°26′11.1″S 13°32′27.3″E / 12.436417°S 13.540917°E / -12.436417; 13.540917 (4 de Abril Bridge)
Benguela Province [S 2]
[9]
[10]
5 Kwanza River Bridge 120 m (390 ft) 1,534 m (5,033 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
68+120+68
National road EN110
Cuanza River
2010 Ícolo e BengoMuxima
9°16′54.2″S 13°44′42.0″E / 9.281722°S 13.745000°E / -9.281722; 13.745000 (Kwanza River Bridge)
Luanda Province [11]
[12]
[13]
6 Longa River Bridge
project
106 m (348 ft) 547 m (1,795 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Longa River
Calamba
10°11′53.8″S 13°31′16.5″E / 10.198278°S 13.521250°E / -10.198278; 13.521250 (Longa River Bridge)
Luanda Province
Cuanza Sul Province
[14]
[15]


See also

Notes and references

  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  1. ^ "Kwanza River Suspension Bridge".
  2. ^ "Catumbela Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ "Project Barra do Kwanza New Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.39
  3. ^ "Construction of new bridge over Kwanza river starts this year". Portalangop.co.ao - ANGOP - Angola Press News Agency. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Kwanza Barra Bridge rehabilitation - Luanda-Benguela Highway, Angola, 2003". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.33
  6. ^ "Cable-stayed bridge over Kwanza river, Angola". Demiranda.it - De Miranda Associati Ingegneria Strutturale. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Queve River Bridge at Porto Amboím - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.45
  9. ^ "4th of April Bridge - Highway Benguela-Lobito, Angola, 2009". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  10. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.27
  11. ^ Dilson, António (August 2022). "Diagnostic, conservation and bridge monitoring – application to the bridge over the Kwanza River". RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar. Vol. 3, n°8. doi:10.47820/recima21.v3i8.1769. ISSN 2675-6218.
  12. ^ "Kwanza River Bridge at Cabala - Catete-Muxima Road, Angola, 2010". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  13. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.22
  14. ^ "Longa River Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (projecto)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  15. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.42

Further reading

  • Rito, Armando (30 May 2013). Building bridges in Africa - adapting design and construction methods to local conditions (PDF). Lisbon: 57th ECCE Meeting - Ordem dos Engenheiros - European Council of Civil Engineers.
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