List of bridges in Madagascar

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	Route nationale 1 Ikopa River	1909	Antananarivo	Analamanga	[1]
	2	Tsingy Suspension Bridge	Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve World Heritage Site		Suspension	Footbridge		Antsalova 19°01′03.4″S44°46′28.2″E / 19.017611°S 44.774500°E / -19.017611; 44.774500 (Tsingy Suspension Bridge)	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  [ Wikidata ]	206 m (676 ft)	262 m (860 ft)	Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons 206+56	Route nationale 4 Mahajamba River	1934	Antanambazaha 16°27′38.9″S47°10′07.5″E / 16.460806°S 47.168750°E / -16.460806; 47.168750 (Kamoro Bridge)	Boeny	[S 1] [4] [5]
	2	New Kamoro Bridge  [ Wikidata ]	206 m (676 ft)	265 m (869 ft)	Suspension Steel girder deck, concrete pylons 206+21+21+18	Route nationale 4 Mahajamba River	2017	Antanambazaha 16°27′38.5″S47°10′07.4″E / 16.460694°S 47.168722°E / -16.460694; 47.168722 (New Kamoro Bridge)	Boeny	[S 2] [4] [6] [7]
	3	Mananjary Bridge  [ Wikidata ]	159 m (522 ft)	196 m (643 ft)	Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons 17+159+17	Route nationale 25 Mananjary River	1934	Mananjary 21°13′06.0″S48°13′58.9″E / 21.218333°S 48.233028°E / -21.218333; 48.233028 (Mananjary Bridge)	Vatovavy	[8] [9]
	4	Bemarivo Bridge	140 m (460 ft)		Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge	Route nationale 5a Bemarivo River	1964	Nosiarina 14°12′11.0″S50°03′06.2″E / 14.203056°S 50.051722°E / -14.203056; 50.051722 (Bemarivo Bridge)	Sava Region	[S 3] [10]
	5	Lokoho Bridge	140 m (460 ft)	174 m (571 ft)	Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge	Route nationale 5a Lokoho River	1964	Farahalana 14°26′00.2″S50°09′25.2″E / 14.433389°S 50.157000°E / -14.433389; 50.157000 (Lokoho Bridge)	Sava Region	[S 4] [11]
	6	Betsiboka Bridge destroyed in 1942	130 m (430 ft)		Suspension Steel girder deck, steel pylons	Route nationale 4 Betsiboka River	1934	Maevatanana 16°56′16.4″S46°56′58.9″E / 16.937889°S 46.949694°E / -16.937889; 46.949694 (Betsiboka Bridge)	Betsiboka	[12]
	7	Fanambana Bridge	120 m (390 ft)	195 m (640 ft)	Cable-stayed Steel, 1 pylon 120+75	Route nationale 5a Fanambana River	1964	Fanambana 13°32′43.8″S49°59′14.5″E / 13.545500°S 49.987361°E / -13.545500; 49.987361 (Fanambana Bridge)	Sava Region	[S 5] [10]

Notes and references

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

1. "Kamoro Bridge".
2. "New Kamoro Bridge".
3. "Bémarivo Bridge".
4. "Lohoko Bridge".
5. "Fanambana Bridge".

• Others references

1. "Ponts suspendus, conçus, construits ou rénovés par Ferdinand Arnodin - 2e partie 1890>1924" [Suspension bridges, designed, built or renovated by Ferdinand Arnodin - 2nd part 1890>1924]. Timbresponts.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
2. "Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
3. A.C. (12 January 1935). "Les grands ponts de Madagascar et la technique nouvelle des ponts suspendus" [The great bridges of Madagascar and the new technique of suspension bridges]. Le Génie Civil. tome CVI, n° 2 (in French). Vol. 2735. pp. 46–47 – via Gallica.bnf.fr.
4. del Drago, Filippo; Tortolini, Paolo; Petrangeli, Marco (23 September 2015). "The Kamoro Suspension Bridge in Madagascar". IABSE Conference – Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global. Geneva, Switzerland – via Researchgate.net.
5. Petrangeli, Marco; Tortolini, Paolo; Gianclaudio, Olivia; Andreocci, Camillo; Magnani, Cristiana (January 2015). "Il ponte sospeso di kamoro in Madagascar" [The Kamoro suspension bridge in Madagascar]. Strade&Autostadale (in Italian). Vol. 109. EDI-CEM Srl. pp. 58–62. ISSN   1723-2155.
6. Petrangeli, Marco; Andreocci, Camillo; Magnani, Cristiana; Bolognesi, Filippo (July 2017). "Ponte sospeso di kamoro - una costruzione economica ed efficace" [Kamoro suspension bridge - a cheap and effective construction]. Strade&Autostadale (in Italian). Vol. 124. EDI-CEM Srl. pp. 64–68. ISSN   1723-2155.
7. Decultieux, Sylvain; Pastor, Frédéric (April 2017). "Construction du pont de la Kamoro sur la RN4 à Madagascar" [Construction of the Kamoro Bridge on the RN4](PDF). Revue Travaux (in French). Vol. 932. pp. 57–63. ISSN   0041-1906.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
8. Leinekugel Le Cocq, Didier (2010). Vie du rail (ed.). Ingénieurs des ponts: l'histoire de la famille Arnodin-Leinekugel Le Cocq de 1872 à 2002 [Bridge engineers: the story of the Arnodin-Leinekugel Le Cocq family from 1872 to 2002] (in French). Vie du rail. p. 280. ISBN   978-2-918758-09-9.
9. "Infrastructures routières : Le pont d'Anjilajila à Mananjary réhabilité" [Road infrastructure: Anjilajila bridge in Mananjary rehabilitated]. Midi-madagasikara.mg (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
10. Prade, 1990, p.46
11. Prade, 1990, p.45
12. "RN4 Madagascar: les ponts sur les rivières de Betsiboka et de Kamoro" [RN4 Madagascar: bridges over Betsiboka and Kamoro rivers] (in French). Priori Madagaskar. October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

See also

• Transport in Madagascar
• List of roads in Madagascar
• Rail transport in Madagascar
• Geography of Madagascar
• List of rivers of Madagascar

External links

• "Les ponts suspendus conçus, édifiés ou reconstruits par Gaston Leinekugel Le Cocq de 1924 à 1950" [Suspension bridges designed, built or rebuilt by Gaston Leinekugel Le Cocq from 1924 to 1950]. Timbresponts.fr (in French).
• "Suspension Bridges of Madagascar". bridgemeister.com.

Further reading

• Prade, Marcel (1990). "Madagascar". 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. 44. ISBN   2-902170-68-8.