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List of bridges in Mozambique

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Major bridges

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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.
1 Maputo–Katembe bridge 680 m (2,230 ft) 3,041 m (9,977 ft) Suspension
Steel box girder, concrete pylons
Road bridge
Maputo Bay
Estuário do Espírito Santo
 2018 Maputo–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]
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2 Save River Bridge 210 m (690 ft)(x3) 870 m (2,850 ft) Suspension
4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck
100+3x210+100
N1 National road
Save River
 1962 Save–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]
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3 Samora Machel Bridge 180 m (590 ft)(x3) 720 m (2,360 ft) Suspension
4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck
90+3x180+90
N7 National road
Zambezi
 1973 Tete
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]
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4 Armando Emilio Guebuza Bridge 137 m (449 ft)(x4) 2,376 m (7,795 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
80+4x137+80
N1 National road
Zambezi
 2009 Caia–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]
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5 Kassuende Bridge 135 m (443 ft)(x3) 1,586 m (5,203 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
N103 National road
Zambezi
 2014 Tete
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]
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6 Xai-Xai Bridge 120 m (390 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons
N1 National road
Limpopo River
 1964 Xai-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]
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7 New Save River Bridge 120 m (390 ft) 1,009 m (3,310 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
N1 National road
Save River
 2022 Save–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]
8 Dona Ana Bridge 80 m (260 ft)(x33) 3,677 m (12,064 ft) Truss
Steel

Zambezi
 1935 Mutarara–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]
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9 Gorongosa Bridge Arch
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

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References

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  • 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. ^ a b "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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