List of bridges in Mozambique

Major bridges

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft) or total lengths longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft).

		Name	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	Maputo–Katembe bridge	680 m (2,230 ft)	3,041 m (9,977 ft)	Suspension Steel box girder, concrete pylons	Road bridge Maputo Bay Estuário do Espírito Santo	2018	Maputo–Katembe 25°58′22.3″S 32°33′26.9″E	Maputo	[S 1] [1] [2]
	2	Save River Bridge	210 m (690 ft)(x3)	870 m (2,850 ft)	Suspension 4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck 100+3x210+100	N1 National road Save River	1962	Save–Bobo 21°08′10.5″S 34°33′57.7″E	Sofala Inhambane	[3] [4] [5]
	3	Samora Machel Bridge	180 m (590 ft)(x3)	720 m (2,360 ft)	Suspension 4 concrete pylons, concrete girders deck 90+3x180+90	N7 National road Zambezi	1973	Tete 16°9′17.5″S 33°35′37.7″E	Tete	[S 2] [6] [7] [8]
	4	Armando Emilio Guebuza Bridge	137 m (449 ft)(x4)	2,376 m (7,795 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 80+4x137+80	N1 National road Zambezi	2009	Caia–Chimuara 17°48′28.6″S 35°23′51.8″E	Sofala Zambezia	[S 3] [9] [10]
	5	Kassuende Bridge	135 m (443 ft)(x3)	1,586 m (5,203 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	N103 National road Zambezi	2014	Tete 16°11′32.4″S 33°37′06.3″E	Tete	[S 4] [11]
	6	Xai-Xai Bridge	120 m (390 ft)		Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons	N1 National road Limpopo River	1964	Xai-Xai 25°01′36.6″S 33°37′54.7″E	Gaza	[S 5] [12]
	7	New Save River Bridge	120 m (390 ft)	1,009 m (3,310 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	N1 National road Save River	2022	Save–Bobo 21°08′10.2″S 34°34′04.8″E	Sofala Inhambane	[3]
	8	Dona Ana Bridge	80 m (260 ft)(x33)	3,677 m (12,064 ft)	Truss Steel	Zambezi	1935	Mutarara–Vila de Sena 17°26′19.8″S 35°3′48.8″E	Tete Sofala	[S 6] [13] [14]
	9	Gorongosa Bridge			Arch Concrete deck arch	N1 National road Pungwe River		Gorongosa District–Nhamatanda District 18°59′39.7″S 34°05′07.5″E	Sofala

See also

• Transport in Mozambique
• Mozambique Ports and Railways
• History of rail transport in Mozambique
• Geography of Mozambique
• List of rivers of Mozambique
• List of crossings of the Zambezi River

References

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

1. "Maputo-Catembe Bridge".
2. "Samora Machel Bridge".
3. "Ponte Armando Guebuza".
4. "Kassuende Bridge".
5. "Xai-Xai Bridge".
6. "Ponte Dona Ana".

• Others references

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2. Papanikolaou, Konstantinos (March 2009). "Maputo-Katembe Suspension Bridge" (PDF). e-mosty. No. 1. pp. 34–44. ISSN 2336-8179.
3. "Save river's bridges". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
4. "Ponte Sobre o Rio Save, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Save River, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
5. "Mozambique: Work on the Save bridge grinds to a halt yet again". Clubofmozambique.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
6. Sopa, António. "Marcelo Caetano Bridge (Present day Samora Machel), Tete, Mozambique". Hpip.org - Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
7. "Ponte Sobre o Rio Zambeze, Tete, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Zambezi River, Tete, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
8. "Tete Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Partsazeco.com. VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020.
9. Reis, António J.; Oliveira Pedro, José J.; Dalili, Behnam (June 2013). "Design and construction of Zambezi River Bridge, Mozambique". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering. 166 (2): 104–125. doi:10.1680/bren.11.00028. ISSN 1478-4637.
10. Mendonça, T.; Brito, V.; Almeida, M. (July 2015). "Armando Guebuza Bridge over Zambezi River in Caia, Mozambique". Multi-Span Large Bridges: International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges. Porto, Portugal: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 301–308. ISBN 978-1-138-02757-2.
11. "Kassuende Bridge in Tete over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
12. "Ponte Sobre o Rio Limpopo, Xai-Xai, Moçambique" [Bridge over the Limpopo River, Xai-Xai, Mozambique]. Edgarcardoso.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
13. "Le Pont sur le Zambèze" [The Bridge over the Zambezi River]. Le port de Beira et le pont sur le Zambèze (in French). Neogravura. 1937.
14. "D.Ana Railway Bridge over the Zambezi River". Betar.pt - BETAR Group. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

External links

• "Brücken in der Mosambik" [Bridges in Mozambique]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
• Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Mozambique". Bridgemeister.com.