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

Historical and architectural interest bridges

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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″S 44°46′28.2″E / 19.017611°S 44.774500°E / -19.017611; 44.774500 (Tsingy Suspension Bridge)		 Melaky [2]

Major road and railway bridges

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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″S 47°10′07.5″E / 16.460806°S 47.168750°E / -16.460806; 47.168750 (Kamoro Bridge)		 Boeny [S 1]
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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″S 47°10′07.4″E / 16.460694°S 47.168722°E / -16.460694; 47.168722 (New Kamoro Bridge)		 Boeny [S 2]
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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″S 48°13′58.9″E / 21.218333°S 48.233028°E / -21.218333; 48.233028 (Mananjary Bridge)		 Vatovavy [8]
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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″S 50°03′06.2″E / 14.203056°S 50.051722°E / -14.203056; 50.051722 (Bemarivo Bridge)		 Sava Region [S 3]
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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″S 50°09′25.2″E / 14.433389°S 50.157000°E / -14.433389; 50.157000 (Lokoho Bridge)		 Sava Region [S 4]
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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″S 46°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″S 49°59′14.5″E / 13.545500°S 49.987361°E / -13.545500; 49.987361 (Fanambana Bridge)		 Sava Region [S 5]
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Notes and references

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  • 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. ^ a b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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. ^ a b 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

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Further reading

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  • 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.
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