List of bridges in Madagascar
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This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Madagascar, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
| Name | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Region | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anosizato Suspension Bridge dismantled | Conception by Ferdinand Arnodin | 90 m (300 ft) | Suspension | 1909 | Antananarivo | Analamanga | [1] | ||
| 2 | Tsingy Suspension Bridge | Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve | Suspension | Footbridge | Antsalova 19°01′03.4″S 44°46′28.2″E | Melaky | [2] |
Major road and railway bridges
Kamoro, Mananjary and Betsiboka Bridges are three suspension bridges erected in Madagascar by the French company G. Leinekugel Le Cocq & Fils between 1931 and 1934.[3]
This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).
| Name | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Region | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamoro Bridge | 206 m (676 ft) | 262 m (860 ft) | Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons 206+56 | 1934 | Antanambazaha 16°27′38.9″S 47°10′07.5″E | Boeny | [S 1] [4] [5] | ||
| 2 | New Kamoro Bridge | 206 m (676 ft) | 265 m (869 ft) | Suspension Steel girder deck, concrete pylons 206+21+21+18 | 2017 | Antanambazaha 16°27′38.5″S 47°10′07.4″E | Boeny | [S 2] [4] [6] [7] | ||
| 3 | Mananjary Bridge | 159 m (522 ft) | 196 m (643 ft) | Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons 17+159+17 | 1934 | Mananjary 21°13′06.0″S 48°13′58.9″E | Vatovavy | [8] [9] | ||
| 4 | Bemarivo Bridge | 140 m (460 ft) | Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge | 1964 | Nosiarina 14°12′11.0″S 50°03′06.2″E | Sava Region | [S 3] [10] | |||
| 5 | Lokoho Bridge | 140 m (460 ft) | 174 m (571 ft) | Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge | 1964 | Farahalana 14°26′00.2″S 50°09′25.2″E | Sava Region | [S 4] [11] | ||
| 6 | Betsiboka Bridge destroyed in 1942 | 130 m (430 ft) | Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons | 1934 | Maevatanana 16°56′16.4″S 46°56′58.9″E | Betsiboka | [12] | |||
| 7 | Fanambana Bridge | 120 m (390 ft) | 195 m (640 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel, 1 pylon 120+75 | 1964 | Fanambana 13°32′43.8″S 49°59′14.5″E | Sava Region | [S 5] [10] |