List of bridges in Ecuador

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

Historical and architectural interest bridges

		Name	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	Aguarico River Bridge	Designed by Toni Rüttimann	264 m (866 ft)	Suspension Steel	Footbridge Aguarico River		El Dorado de Cascales 0°04′15.9″N77°15′03.4″W / 0.071083°N 77.250944°W / 0.071083; -77.250944 (Aguarico River Bridge)	Sucumbíos Province	[S 1] [1]
	2	San Francisco Bridge (Baños)	Bungee jumping spot		Beam bridge Composite steel/concrete deck V-shaped legs	Road bridge Pastaza River		Baños de Agua Santa 1°23′39.1″S78°25′28.4″W / 1.394194°S 78.424556°W / -1.394194; -78.424556 (San Francisco Bridge (Baños))	Tungurahua Province

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 metres (330 ft) (non-exhaustive list).

		Name	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	Río Napo Bridge	312 m (1,024 ft)	740 m (2,430 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons	Ecuador Highway 45A Napo River	2012	Puerto Francisco de Orellana 0°28′22.9″S76°58′44.7″W / 0.473028°S 76.979083°W / -0.473028; -76.979083 (Río Napo Bridge)	Orellana Province	[S 2] [2] [3]
	2	Río Aguarico Bridge	270 m (890 ft)	440 m (1,440 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 85+270+85	Ecuador Highway 45A Aguarico River	2012	Nueva Loja 0°03′36.2″N76°52′52.2″W / 0.060056°N 76.881167°W / 0.060056; -76.881167 (Río Aguarico Bridge)	Sucumbíos Province	[S 3] [4] [5]
	3	Chiche Bridge (2014)	210 m (690 ft)	314 m (1,030 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete V-shaped legs Twin bridges 70+174+70	Road bridge Chiche River	2014	Quito 0°12′39.4″S78°22′09.4″W / 0.210944°S 78.369278°W / -0.210944; -78.369278 (Chiche Bridge (2014))	Pichincha Province	[Note 1] [7] [6]
	4	Río Esmeraldas Bridge	200 m (660 ft)	200 m (660 ft)	Suspension Concrete pylons	Ecuador Highway 15 Esmeraldas River	1978	Esmeraldas 0°53′41.8″N79°38′14.6″W / 0.894944°N 79.637389°W / 0.894944; -79.637389 (Río Esmeraldas Bridge)	Esmeraldas Province	[S 4]
	5	Río Pastaza Bridge	180 m (590 ft)	303 m (994 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons (steel upper part)	Ecuador Highway 45 Pastaza River	2006	Chuwitayo 1°55′15.7″S77°49′26.5″W / 1.921028°S 77.824028°W / -1.921028; -77.824028 (Río Pastaza Bridge)	Pastaza Province Morona-Santiago Province	[8]
	6	Guayllabamba Bridge	105 m (344 ft)	150 m (490 ft)	Beam bridge Steel V-shaped legs Twin bridges	Road bridge Guayllabamba River	2014	Quito 0°06′20.0″S78°22′56.7″W / 0.105556°S 78.382417°W / -0.105556; -78.382417 (Guayllabamba Bridge)	Pichincha Province	[9]
	7	Salsipuedes Bridge	104 m (341 ft)	186 m (610 ft)	Arch Steel deck arch	Ecuador Highway 487 Sal-si-puedes River	1960	Pallatanga 2°03′23.0″S78°59′05.3″W / 2.056389°S 78.984806°W / -2.056389; -78.984806 (Salsipuedes Bridge)	Chimborazo Province	[S 5] [10]
	8	Río Pastaza Bridge (Palora)			Suspension Concrete pylons	Road bridge Pastaza River		Palora 1°44′15.6″S77°52′55.9″W / 1.737667°S 77.882194°W / -1.737667; -77.882194 (Río Pastaza Bridge (Palora))	Morona-Santiago Province Pastaza Province
	9	Gonzalo Icaza Cornejo Bridge			Suspension Steel pylons	Ecuador Highway 48 Daule River	1958	Daule, Guayas 1°52′51.3″S80°00′06.0″W / 1.880917°S 80.001667°W / -1.880917; -80.001667 (Gonzalo Icaza Cornejo Bridge)	Guayas Province
	10	Río Daule Bridge (Balzar)			Arch Steel through arch	Road bridge Avenida Francisco Olivares Daule River		Balzar 1°21′27.6″S79°54′30.7″W / 1.357667°S 79.908528°W / -1.357667; -79.908528 (Río Gualo Bridge)	Guayas Province
	11	Río Coca Bridge			Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge	Ecuador Highway 45A Coca River		San Sebastián del Coca 0°20′33.3″S77°00′26.4″W / 0.342583°S 77.007333°W / -0.342583; -77.007333 (Río Coca Bridge)	Orellana Province
	12	Río Catarama Bridge			Arch Concrete through arch	Road bridge Catarama River (Ecuador)	2014	Babahoyo 1°47′37.5″S79°31′52.0″W / 1.793750°S 79.531111°W / -1.793750; -79.531111 (Río Catarama Bridge)	Los Ríos Province	[11]
	13	Río Gualo Bridge		200 m (660 ft)	Beam bridge Steel V-shaped legs Twin bridges	Road bridge Avenida Simón Bolívar Gualo River		Quito 0°08′34.6″S78°26′37.0″W / 0.142944°S 78.443611°W / -0.142944; -78.443611 (Río Gualo Bridge)	Pichincha Province	[12]

See also

• Transport in Ecuador
• Highways in Ecuador
• Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos
• Geography of Ecuador
• List of rivers of Ecuador

Notes and references

• Notes

1. The Chiche Bridge is the highest bridge in Ecuador with a deck 137 m (449 ft) over the Chiche River. ^[6]

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

1. "Rio Aguarico Suspension Bridge".
2. "Rio Napo Bridge".
3. "Río Aguarico Bridge".
4. "Río Esmeraldas Bridge".
5. "Salsipuedes Bridge".

• Others references

1. Brühwiler, Eugen (January 2000). "Bridges making a Difference; interview of Mr. Toni Ruttimann". Structural Engineering International. Vol. 10 – via Researchgate.net.
2. "Reconocimiento y verificatión del estado de los elementos del puente" [Recognition and verification of the state of the bridge elements](PDF). Obraspublicas.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
3. "Inaugurado puente más alto de Ecuador" [Inaugurated the highest bridge in Ecuador]. Construccionlatinoamericana.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
4. "Construcción del Puente Aguarico" [Construction of the Aguarico Bridge]. Puenteaguarico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
5. "Puente sobre el río Aguarico integra a las poblaciones de la Amazonía" [Bridge over the Aguarico River integrates the populations of the Amazon]. Obraspublicas.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
6. "Chiche Bridge". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
7. Calvo Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Arroyo Márquez, Joaquín; Fernández-Pacheco López-Amor, Alfonso; Romo, Fernando (June 2017). Puente sobre el río Chiche en Quito, Ecuador [Bridge over Chiche river in Quito, Ecuador](PDF) (in Spanish). Coruña: VII Congreso de ACHE - Asociación Española de Ingeniería Estructural.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
8. Romo Proaño, Marcelo. "Transferencia tecnológica en grandes proyectos de ingeniería – el caso del puente atirantado sobre el río aguarico" [Technology transfer in large engineering projects – the case of the cable-stayed bridge over the Aguarico river]. Puenteaguarico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
9. "Guayllabamba Bridge, Quito, Ecuador". Maegspa.com - Maeg Costruzioni SpA. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
10. Prade, 1990, p.181
11. "Viaducto de Babahoyo fue aperturado" [Babahoyo Viaduct was opened]. Contenido.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
12. Federación Ecuatoriana de Industrias del Metal, p.16

Further reading

• Prade, Marcel (1990). "L'Équateur". Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe[The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 181. ISBN   2-902170-68-8. LCCN   92149877.

External links

• "Fabricación nacional de puentes de acero" [National manufacture of steel bridges]. Es.slideshare.net (in Spanish). Fedimetal - Federación Ecuatoriana de Industrias del Metal. 11 November 2013.
• "Brücken in der Ecuador" [Bridges in Ecuador]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
• Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Ecuador". bridgemeister.com.
• Sakowski, Eric. "Category: Bridges in Ecuador". Highestbridges.com.