List of bridges in Algeria
Historical or architectural interest bridges
[edit]| Name | Arabic | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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1 | Oued Ilelouine Aqueduct Bridge | Height : 35 m (115 ft) Cultural heritage |
137 m (449 ft) | Masonry 3 levels (4, 8 and 17 semi-circular arches) |
Cherchell Aqueduct (total length : 45 km (28 mi)) Oued Ilelouine |
2nd century | Sidi Amar 36°34′06.1″N 2°17′24.8″E / 36.568361°N 2.290222°E |
Tipaza Province | [1] [2] | |
| 2 | Oued Bellah Aqueduct Bridge | Height : 26 m (85 ft) | 288 m (945 ft) | Masonry 2 levels (26 and 38 semi-circular arches) |
Cherchell Aqueduct (total length : 45 km (28 mi)) Oued Bellah |
2nd century | Cherchell 36°36′20.6″N 2°14′08.9″E / 36.605722°N 2.235806°E |
Tipaza Province | [1] | ||
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3 | El Kantara Bridge | جسر القنطرة الروماني | Cultural heritage | Masonry 1 semi-circular arch |
Oued el Haï |
El Kantara 35°14′00.8″N 5°42′05.8″E / 35.233556°N 5.701611°E |
Biskra Province | [Note 1] [2] [3] | ||
| 4 | Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct Bridge | 85 m (279 ft) | Masonry 2 levels (7 and 14 arches) |
Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct (total length : 12 km (7.5 mi)) |
1639 | Algiers 36°45′21.1″N 3°01′52.1″E / 36.755861°N 3.031139°E |
Algiers Province | [4] [5] | |||
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5 | El Kantara Bridge (1792) destroyed in 1857 |
باب القنطرة بريدج (١٧٩٢) | Cultural heritage | 60 m (200 ft) | Masonry 2 levels |
1792 | Constantine 36°22′08.2″N 6°37′04.9″E / 36.368944°N 6.618028°E |
Constantine Province | [Note 2] [2] [6] [7] [8] | |
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6 | Devil's Bridge (Constantine) | جسر الشيطان (قسنطينة) | Devil's Bridge | Masonry 1 segmental arch |
1850 | Constantine 36°21′42.5″N 6°36′47.9″E / 36.361806°N 6.613306°E |
Constantine Province | [9] | ||
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7 | El Kantara Bridge (1863) destroyed in 1952 |
جسر باب القنطرة (١٨٦٣) | Span : 56 m (184 ft) | 128 m (420 ft) | Arch Cast iron |
Road bridge Rhumel River |
1863 | Constantine 36°22′08.7″N 6°37′05.0″E / 36.369083°N 6.618056°E |
Constantine Province | [S 1] [7] [8] |
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8 | El Ourit Bridge | جسر إيفل تلمسان | Construct by Gustave Eiffel & Cie | Arch Steel deck arch |
Tabia-Akid Abbes line El-Ourit Waterfalls |
19th century | Tlemcen 34°51′39.9″N 1°16′11.3″W / 34.861083°N 1.269806°W |
Tlemcen Province | [10] | |
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9 | Sidi Rached Viaduct | سيدي راشد جسر | Conception by Paul Séjourné Span : 68 m (223 ft) Deck height : 102 m (335 ft) |
450 m (1,480 ft) | Masonry 1 main arch, 26 secondary arches, concrete deck |
1912 | Constantine 36°21′45.1″N 6°36′50.2″E / 36.362528°N 6.613944°E |
Constantine Province | [S 2] [11] [12] | |
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10 | Bab El Kantra Bridge | جسر باب القنطرة | 128 m (420 ft) | Arch Concrete deck arch |
Road bridge Rhumel River |
1952 | Constantine 36°22′8.4″N 6°37′4.9″E / 36.369000°N 6.618028°E |
Constantine Province | [S 3] [7] [8] |
Major bridges
[edit]This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).
| Name | Arabic | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | Oued Dib Bridge | جسر بني هارون | 280 m (920 ft) | 620 m (2,030 ft) | Cable-stayed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons 111+280+111 |
National road 27 Oued el Kebir |
1998 | Hamala 36°33′53.4″N 6°16′44.1″E / 36.564833°N 6.278917°E |
Mila Province | [S 4] [13] |
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2 | Salah Bey Viaduct | جسر صالح باي | 245 m (804 ft) | 1,119 m (3,671 ft) | Cable-stayed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons, axial suspension |
Road bridge Rhumel River |
2014 | Constantine 36°21′28.1″N 6°36′53.8″E / 36.357806°N 6.614944°E |
Constantine Province | [S 5] [14] |
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3 | Marble Valley Bridge | جسر وادي الرخام | 200 m (660 ft) | 745 m (2,444 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete Twin bridges 110+200+110 |
A1 East–West Highway Oued Rekham |
2008 | Bouïra 36°25′49.9″N 3°48′13.5″E / 36.430528°N 3.803750°E |
Bouïra Province | [S 6] [15] [16] |
| 4 | Ravin Blanc Viaduct | 170 m (560 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
1986 | Oran |
Oran Province | [S 7] | ||||
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5 | Sidi M'Cid Bridge | جسر سيدي مسيد | 164 m (538 ft) | 164 m (538 ft) | Suspension with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons |
Road bridge Rhumel River |
1912 | Constantine 36°22′21.7″N 6°36′52.9″E / 36.372694°N 6.614694°E |
Constantine Province | [S 8] [17] [18] [19] |
| 6 | Souk Ahras Bridge | جسر سوق أهراس | 130 m (430 ft) | 182 m (597 ft) | Arch Steel tied arch |
Road bridge Annaba-Djebel Onk line |
2011 | Souk Ahras 36°16′52.7″N 7°57′09.2″E / 36.281306°N 7.952556°E |
Souk Ahras Province | [S 9] | |
| 7 | Viaduct VI33 under construction |
130 m (430 ft)(x8) | 1,780 m (5,840 ft) | Truss Composite steel/concrete deck 95+5x130+95 95+2x130+95 95+130+95 |
Oued Tlélat - Tlemcen HSR Oued Isser |
Sidi Abdelli–Aïn Tallout 34°58′11.2″N 1°01′40.5″W / 34.969778°N 1.027917°W |
Tlemcen Province | [20] [21] | |||
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8 | Viaduct VI53 under construction |
130 m (430 ft) | 690 m (2,260 ft) | Truss Composite steel/concrete deck |
Oued Tlélat - Tlemcen HSR |
Tlemcen–Aïn Fezza 34°53′46.0″N 1°15′39.2″W / 34.896111°N 1.260889°W |
Tlemcen Province | [20] [22] | ||
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9 | Mellah Slimane Bridge | جسر ملاح سليمان | 125 m (410 ft) | 125 m (410 ft) | Suspension with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons |
Footbridge Rhumel River |
1925 | Constantine 36°21′58.5″N 6°36′54″E / 36.366250°N 6.61500°E |
Constantine Province | [S 10] [23] |
| 10 | Chihani Suspension Bridge | جسر الشيحاني | 105 m (344 ft) | 105 m (344 ft) | Suspension with cable-stays, steel deck, masonry pylons |
Road bridge Oued Seybouse |
1892 | Chihani 36°39′09.1″N 7°46′57.7″E / 36.652528°N 7.782694°E |
El Taref Province | [S 11] [24] [25] | |
| 11 | Mila-Grarem Bridge | 105 m (344 ft) | 945 m (3,100 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
National road 79A Oued Rhumel |
Mila–Grarem Gouga 36°30′42.3″N 6°18′09.6″E / 36.511750°N 6.302667°E |
Mila Province | [26] |
Notes and references
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Mostly restored in 1862 by French military genius during the reign of Napoleon III, some stones have been replaced with new blocks.[3]
- ^ Built on the ruins of an older bridge.[6]
- Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
- Others references
- ^ a b "Cherchell (Algeria)". Romanaqueducts.info. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "Liste Générale des Biens Culturels Protégés" [General List of Protected Cultural Property]. M-culture.gov.dz - Ministry of Culture and Arts - Algerian Republic (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ a b Gsell, 1901, p.7-9, board LXXIII
- ^ "Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct" [Aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja] (PDF). Athar (in French). Vol. 8. Association Algérienne pour la Sauvegarde et la Promotion du Patrimoine Archéologique. May 2009. p. 15.
- ^ "Algérie - L'aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja bientôt restauré" [Algeria - The Aïn Zeboudja aqueduct soon to be restored]. Algerieautrefois.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
- ^ a b Gsell, 1901, p.5-6
- ^ a b c "Le pont El Kantara en cartes postales" [The El Kantara bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "Le pont El Kantara" [El Kantara Bridge]. Engival.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Les ponts de Constantine" [Bridges in Constantine]. Cerclealgerianiste.asso.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 November 2008.
- ^ "Le pont Gustave Eiffel d'El Ourit - Tlemcen" [The Gustave Eiffel bridge in El Ourit - Tlemcen]. Tlemcen.info (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Boisnier, Georges (1912). "Les Ponts de Constantine : Le pont de Sidi Rached" [The Bridges of Constantine: The Bridge of Sidi Rached]. Annales des ponts et chaussées. 9e (in French). Vol. III. pp. 473–524.
((cite book)):|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Le pont Sidi Rached en cartes postales" [The Sidi Rached bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Kibboua, Abderrahmane; Naboussi Farsi, Mohammed; Chatelain, Jean-Luc; Guillier, Bertrand; Bechtoula, Hakim; Mehani, Youcef (2008). "Modal analysis and ambient vibration measurements on Mila-Algeria cable stayed bridge". Structural Engineering and Mechanics. Vol. 29, n°2. pp. 171–186.
((cite book)):|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Le transrhumel - Pont Salah Bey" [The transrhumel - Salah Bey Bridge]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French).
- ^ "Fiche technique du viaduc 185.1" [Technical sheet of the 185.1 viaduct]. Ainturk.tripod.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Algerie : Le gigantesque viaduc de Bouira inauguré" [Algeria: The gigantic viaduct of Bouira inaugurated]. Algerie.actudz.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Boisnier, M. (1912). "Les ponts de Constantine - Pont suspendu de Sidi M'Cid" [The bridges of Constantine - Sidi M'Cid suspension Bridge]. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées (in French). Vol. 4. pp. 88–120.
((cite book)):|website=ignored (help) - ^ Petrangeli, Marco; Petrangeli, Marcello (November 2000). "Rehabilitation of Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge, Algeria". Structural Engineering International. Vol. 10. pp. 254–258. doi:10.2749/101686600780481374. S2CID 111031425.
((cite book)):|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Le pont sidi M'Cid en cartes postales" [The Sidi M'Cid bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ a b Orlandini, Marco (November 2016). "Linea Av Oued Tlelat - Tlemcen (Algeria)" [High-speed railway Oued Tlelat - Tlemcen (Algeria)] (PDF). Cifi.it - Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani (in Italian). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Tecnologia italiana per i 132 km di alta velocità" [Italian technology for the 132 km high speed]. Impresedilinews.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "La nuova linea Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen" [The new Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen line]. Stradeeautostrade.it (in Italian). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "La passerelle Perrégaux en cartes postales" [The Perregaux footbridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Petrangeli, Marco; Petrangeli, Petrangeli (August 2009). The Chiani Suspension Bridge: A Complete Overhaul. Vol. 5. IABSE Symposium Report, Bangkok. pp. 181–190.
- ^ "Vie et Oeuvre de Ferdinand Arnodin" [Life and Work of Ferdinand Arnodin]. Art-et-histoire.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Régions Est : Mila - Des infrastructures rayonnantes !" [Eastern Regions: Mila - Radiant infrastructures!]. Lesoirdalgerie.com (in French). Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.
See also
[edit]- Transport in Algeria
- List of railway lines in Algeria
- Geography of Algeria
- List of rivers of Algeria
- List of Roman bridges
- List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to List of bridges in Algeria.
- "Constantine et ses ponts- Algérie" [Constantine and its bridges- Algeria]. Timbresponts.fr (in French).
- "Constantine, à propos de ses ponts, de leur histoire et du temps" [Constantine, about its bridges, their history and time]. Afn.collections.free.fr (in French).
- "Suspension Bridges of Algeria". Bridgemeister.com.
- "Category: Bridges in Algeria". Highestbridges.com.
Further reading
[edit]- Gsell, Stéphane (1901). Les Monuments Antiques de l'Algérie [The Ancient Monuments of Algeria] (PDF) (in French). Service des Monuments Historiques de l’Algérie. LMADA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-09.
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