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List of bridges in Angola

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

Major road and railway bridges

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

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
1 New Kwanza River Bridge
project		 300 m (980 ft) 626 m (2,054 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
126+300+126
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Cuanza River
 Luanda
9°19′27.9″S 13°09′47.5″E / 9.324417°S 13.163194°E / -9.324417; 13.163194 (New Kwanza River Bridge)		 Luanda Province [1]
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2 Kwanza Suspension Bridge 260 m (850 ft) 420 m (1,380 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
National road EN100
Cuanza River
 1975 Luanda
9°19′25.2″S 13°09′49.3″E / 9.323667°S 13.163694°E / -9.323667; 13.163694 (Kwanza Suspension Bridge)		 Luanda Province [S 1]
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3 Queve River Bridge
project		 248 m (814 ft) 975 m (3,199 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons
108+248+108
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Cuvo River
 Porto Amboim
10°52′34.3″S 13°50′32.7″E / 10.876194°S 13.842417°E / -10.876194; 13.842417 (Queve River Bridge)		 Cuanza Sul Province [7]
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4 4 de Abril Bridge 160 m (520 ft) 438 m (1,437 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete deck, concrete pylons
64+160+64
National road EN100
Catumbela River
 2009 Catumbela
12°26′11.1″S 13°32′27.3″E / 12.436417°S 13.540917°E / -12.436417; 13.540917 (4 de Abril Bridge)		 Benguela Province [S 2]
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5 Kwanza River Bridge 120 m (390 ft) 1,534 m (5,033 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
68+120+68
National road EN110
Cuanza River
 2010 Ícolo e Bengo–Muxima
9°16′54.2″S 13°44′42.0″E / 9.281722°S 13.745000°E / -9.281722; 13.745000 (Kwanza River Bridge)		 Luanda Province [11]
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6 Longa River Bridge
project		 106 m (348 ft) 547 m (1,795 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
Luanda-Benguela motorway
Longa River
 Calamba
10°11′53.8″S 13°31′16.5″E / 10.198278°S 13.521250°E / -10.198278; 13.521250 (Longa River Bridge)		 Luanda Province
Cuanza Sul Province		 [14]
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See also

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Notes and references

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  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  1. ^ "Kwanza River Suspension Bridge".
  2. ^ "Catumbela Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ "Project Barra do Kwanza New Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.39
  3. ^ "Construction of new bridge over Kwanza river starts this year". Portalangop.co.ao - ANGOP - Angola Press News Agency. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Kwanza Barra Bridge rehabilitation - Luanda-Benguela Highway, Angola, 2003". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.33
  6. ^ "Cable-stayed bridge over Kwanza river, Angola". Demiranda.it - De Miranda Associati Ingegneria Strutturale. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Queve River Bridge at Porto Amboím - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.45
  9. ^ "4th of April Bridge - Highway Benguela-Lobito, Angola, 2009". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  10. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.27
  11. ^ Dilson, António (August 2022). "Diagnostic, conservation and bridge monitoring – application to the bridge over the Kwanza River". RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar. Vol. 3, n°8. doi:10.47820/recima21.v3i8.1769. ISSN 2675-6218.
  12. ^ "Kwanza River Bridge at Cabala - Catete-Muxima Road, Angola, 2010". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  13. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.22
  14. ^ "Longa River Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (projecto)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  15. ^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.42

Further reading

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