List of bridges in Chile

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

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Historical and architectural interest bridges

NameDistinctionLengthTypeCarries
Crosses
OpenedLocationRegionRef.
Puente de Calicanto.jpg 1 Cal y Canto Bridge  [ es ]
demolished in 1888
Historic Monument
(remains of the bridge)
202 m (663 ft) Masonry
9 semi-circular arches
Road bridge
Mapocho River
1782 Santiago
33°25′57.7″S70°39′05.8″W / 33.432694°S 70.651611°W / -33.432694; -70.651611 (Cal y Canto Bridge)
Santiago Metropolitan Region [1]
[2]
Loa Viaduct.jpg 2 Conchi viaduct Second highest railway viaduct in the world when inaugurated
Height : 102 m (335 ft)
Historic Monument
244 m (801 ft) Trestle bridge
Steel
1888 Calama
22°01′55.5″S68°37′15.5″W / 22.032083°S 68.620972°W / -22.032083; -68.620972 (Conchi viaduct)
Antofagasta Region [S 1]
[3]
[4]
[5]
Rio Bio bio (11656087495).jpg 3 Biobío Railway Bridge (Concepción)  [ es ]1,886 m (6,188 ft) Truss
Steel
Concepción-Curanilahue railway
Biobío River
1889 Concepción San Pedro de la Paz
36°49′40.0″S73°04′40.5″W / 36.827778°S 73.077917°W / -36.827778; -73.077917 (Biobío Railway Bridge (Concepción))
Biobío Region [6]
Viaducto del Malleco (Puente Ferroviario).jpg 4 Malleco Viaduct Height : 96 m (315 ft)
Historic Monument
347 m (1,138 ft) Truss
Steel
4x69
Longitudinal Sur
Malleco River
1890 Collipulli
37°57′46.8″S72°26′18.6″W / 37.963000°S 72.438500°W / -37.963000; -72.438500 (Malleco Viaduct)
Araucanía Region [S 2]
[7]
[8]
Puente Ferroviario sobre el Rio Maipo (31690290920).jpg 5 Maipo Bridge Truss
Steel
Railway bridge
Maipo River
San Bernardo Buin
33°41′24.3″S70°43′21.6″W / 33.690083°S 70.722667°W / -33.690083; -70.722667 (Maipo Bridge)
Santiago Metropolitan Region
Puente Pedro de Valdivia, Valdivia 04.jpg 6 Pedro de Valdivia Bridge Withstood the 1960 Valdivia earthquake (9.5 magnitude, the strongest ever recorded)239 m (784 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
49+69+49
1954 Valdivia
39°48′41.4″S73°14′56.5″W / 39.811500°S 73.249028°W / -39.811500; -73.249028 (Pedro de Valdivia Bridge)
Los Ríos Region [9]
[10]
[11]

Major road and railway bridges

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

NameSpanLengthTypeCarries
Crosses
OpenedLocationRegionRef.
1 Chacao Channel bridge
under construction
1,155 m (3,789 ft)2,634 m (8,642 ft) Suspension
Steel box girder deck, 3 concrete pylons
284+1155+1055+43
2025 Chacao (Chiloé Island) Pargua
41°47′43.5″S73°31′22.4″W / 41.795417°S 73.522889°W / -41.795417; -73.522889 (Chacao Channel bridge)
Los Lagos Region [S 3]
[12]
[13]
[14]
Acceso a la Rivera Sur y camino a Puerto Chacabuco.JPG 2 Presidente Ibáñez Bridge 210 m (690 ft)210 m (690 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Chile Route 40
Aysén River
1966 Puerto Aysén
45°24′16.5″S72°41′04.4″W / 45.404583°S 72.684556°W / -45.404583; -72.684556 (Presidente Ibáñez Bridge)
Aysén Region [Note 1]
[S 4]
[15]
[16]
Puente rio yelcho (32955402406).jpg 3 Yelcho Bridge 150 m (490 ft)250 m (820 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete girder deck, concrete pylons
50+150+50
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Yelcho River
Yelcho Lake
1989 Chaitén
43°10′31.5″S72°26′21.0″W / 43.175417°S 72.439167°W / -43.175417; -72.439167 (Yelcho Bridge)
Los Lagos Region [S 5]
[17]
Inauguracion Puente Treng Treng Kay Kay (Srq1776).jpg 4 Treng Treng Kay Kay Bridge  [ es ]140 m (460 ft)240 m (790 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, 1 inclined concrete pylons
140+27+23
Road bridge
Cautín River
2021 Temuco Padre Las Casas
38°44′59.2″S72°35′22.3″W / 38.749778°S 72.589528°W / -38.749778; -72.589528 (Treng Treng Kay Kay Bridge)
Araucanía Region [S 6]
[18]
Puente carahue1.jpg 5 President Eduardo Frei Montalva Bridge 135 m (443 ft)155 m (509 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
Chile Route S-40
Imperial River
1949 Carahue
38°43′07.0″S73°10′30.9″W / 38.718611°S 73.175250°W / -38.718611; -73.175250 (President Eduardo Frei Montalva Bridge)
Araucanía Region [19]
6 Augusto Grosse Bridge Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Mayer River
Villa O'Higgins
48°28′57.7″S72°35′18.8″W / 48.482694°S 72.588556°W / -48.482694; -72.588556 (Augusto Grosse Bridge)
Aysén Region
Puente Lago Gral. Carrera.jpg 7 General Carrera Lake Bridge Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
General Carrera Lake
1989 Puerto Guadal
46°50′42.7″S72°48′10.0″W / 46.845194°S 72.802778°W / -46.845194; -72.802778 (General Carrera Lake Bridge)
Aysén Region
Puente del rio Rosselot.JPG 8 Sergio Sepúlveda Bridge Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Rosselot river
La Junta
43°57′41.3″S72°23′48.2″W / 43.961472°S 72.396722°W / -43.961472; -72.396722 (Sergio Sepúlveda Bridge)
Aysén Region

See also

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Notes and references

  1. Historic Monument. [15]
  1. Rosales, Justo Abel (1888). El Puente Cal y Canto [The Cal y Canto Bridge](PDF). pp. 19, 20.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. "Todos los restos del puente de Cal y Canto de Santiago" [All the remains of the Cal y Canto de Santiago bridge]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. "Viaducto de Conchi sobre el río Loa" [Conchi Viaduct over the Loa River]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  4. Galeno-Ibaceta, Claudio; Arellano Escudero, Nelson (October 2017). "El viaducto de Conchi: una obra de la Revolución Industrial en el desierto de Atacama, 1887-1888" [The Conchi viaduct: a work of the Industrial Revolution in the Atacama desert, 1887-1888]. Actas del Décimo Congreso Nacional y Segundo Congreso Internacional Hispanoamericano de Historia de la Construcción (in Spanish). Instituto Juan de Herrera. pp. 625–633.
  5. "Loa Viaduct". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  6. "Plan regulador comunal estudio de patrimonio comunal" [Communal regulatory plan study of communal heritage](PDF). Sanpedrodelapaz.cl - Municipalidad de San Pedro de la Paz (in Spanish). Manuel Duran Iligaray Arquitecto Consultor. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2010.
  7. "Viaducto del Malleco" [Malleco Viaduct]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  8. Marin Vicuna, 1901, p.102-103
  9. González, 2013, p.39
  10. "M 9.5 - 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  11. Steinbrugge, Karl V.; Clough, Ray W. Chilean Earthquakes of May, 1960: A Brief Trip Report (PDF). p. 634.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. Pizarro, Diego; Hube, Matias; Valenzuela, Matias (September 2015). "Dynamic Characteristics of a Longitudinally Asymmetrical Multi-Span Suspension Bridge: The Chacao Bridge". IABSE Conference – Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges. Geneva, Switzerland via Researchgate.net.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. "Definitive design approved for Chacao Bridge". Bridgeweb.com - Bridge Design & Engineering. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  14. "Proyecto Puente Chacao Chiloé" [Chacao Bridge Project - Chiloé]. Puentechacao.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Puente Presidente Ibáñez" [Ibáñez President Bridge]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  16. "Puente Presidente Ibáñez es distinguido como ícono bicentenario" [Presidente Ibáñez Bridge is distinguished as a bicentennial icon]. Gobernacionaysen.gov.cl - Gobernación Provincia de Aysén (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  17. "DYWIDAG Multistrand Stay Cable Systems" (PDF). Addbeton.com. p. 20. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  18. Perales Aravena, Rodrigo (November 2012). Tercer Puente "Treng Treng y Kay Kay" Temuco – Padre Las Casas, Región de la Araucanía [Third Bridge "Treng Treng and Kay Kay" Temuco – Padre Las Casas, Araucanía Region].{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  19. Manual de Consulta Turístico e Histórico de la Comuna de Carahue [Tourist and Historical Consultation Manual of the Commune of Carahue] (in Spanish). Fondo Regional de Cultura - Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía - Municipalidad de Carahue. 2008. p. 153.

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