List of bridges in Algeria

Historical or architectural interest bridges

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col |Arabic ! scope=col |Distinction ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="115" |Type ! scope=col width="115" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Province ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |[[File:Aqueduc de Cherchell, Side view.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Oued Ilelouine Aqueduct Bridge]]||||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Height : {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|137|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M137|[[Masonry]]<br />3 levels (4, 8 and 17 arches)}}</small>||<center><small>[[Cherchell Aqueduct]]<br />(total length : {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}})<br />''Oued Ilelouine''</small></center>||2nd century||[[Sidi Amar, Tipaza|Sidi Amar]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|34|06.1|N|2|17|24.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oued Ilelouine Aqueduct Bridge}}</small>||[[Tipaza Province]]||<ref name="Cherchell">{{cite web |url=http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/cherchell/index.html | title=Cherchell (Algeria) |website=romanaqueducts.info}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Oued Bellah Aqueduct Bridge]]||||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Height : {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|288|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M288|[[Masonry]]<br />2 levels (26 and 38 arches)}}</small>||<center><small>[[Cherchell Aqueduct]]<br />(total length : {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}})<br />''Oued Bellah''</small></center>||2nd century||[[Cherchell]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|36|20.6|N|2|14|08.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oued Bellah Aqueduct Bridge)}}</small>||[[Tipaza Province]]||<ref name="Cherchell"/> |- | ||_row_count||[[Antoninus Bridge]]<br /><small>''destroyed in 1185''</small>|| ||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Build during [[Antoninus Pius]] reign||{{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M60|[[Masonry]]<br />3 levels}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||2nd century||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|22|8|N|6|37|4.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Antoninus Bridge}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref name="Elkantara1">{{cite web |url=http://www.constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr/LaVille/pontelkantara.htm | title=Le pont d'El Kantara |website=constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr |language=french}}</ref><br /><ref name="Elkantara2">{{cite web |url=http://www.engival.fr/const-elkantara.htm | title=Pont El Kantara |language=french |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517030112/www.engival.fr/const-elkantara.htm |archive-date=May 2017}}</ref><br /><ref name="LMADA">[[#LMADA|Les Monuments Antiques de l’Algérie]]</ref> |- |[[File:Pont romain EK.JPG|150px]]||_row_count||[[El Kantara Bridge]]||||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||||<small>{{Sort|M|[[Masonry]]<br />1 arch}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''Oued el Haï''</small></center>|| ||[[El Kantara]]<br /><small>{{Coord|35|14|0.8|N|5|42|5.7|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=El Kantara Bridge}}</small>||[[Biskra Province]]||<ref group="Note">Mostly restored in 1862 by French military genius during the reign of [[Napoleon III]].</ref><br /><ref name="LMADA"/> |- | ||_row_count||[[Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct Bridge]]||||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|85|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M85|[[Masonry]]<br />2 levels (7 and 14 arches)}}</small>||<center><small>[[Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct]]<br />(total length : {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}})<br />'' ''</small></center>||1639||[[Algiers]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|45|21.4|N|3|1|52|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct Bridge}}</small>||[[Algiers Province]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soummam.o.s.f.unblog.fr/files/2009/05/aspabulletinn8mai2009.pdf | title=Aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja |edition=Athar, bulletin n°8|language=french |date=May 2009 |page=15|publisher=Association Algérienne pour la Sauvegarde et la Promotion du Patrimoine Archéologique}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.algerieautrefois.com/news/news.php?news=1819 | title=Algérie - L’aqueduc de Aïn Zeboudja bientôt restauré |language=french|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109210517/http://www.algerieautrefois.com/news/news.php?news=1819|archive-date=November 2013|website=}}</ref> |- |[[File:John Beasly Greene (American, born France - (Elcantara Bridge, Constantine, Algeria) - Google Art Project2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[El Kantara Bridge (1792)]]<br /><small>''destroyed in 1857''</small>||جسر باب القنطرة||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||||<small>{{Sort|M|[[Masonry]]<br />2 levels}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1792||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|22|8.2|N|6|37|4.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=El Kantara Bridge (1792)}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref name="Elkantara1"/><br /><ref name="Elkantara2"/> |- |[[File:Le pont du Diable.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Devil's Bridge (Constantine)]]||||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|[[Devil's Bridge ]]||||<small>{{Sort|M|[[Masonry]]<br />1 arch}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1850||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|21|42.3|N|6|36|47.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Devil's Bridge (Constantine)}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cerclealgerianiste.asso.fr/contenu/villes3172.htm | title=Les ponts de Constantine |language=french|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124204133/http://www.cerclealgerianiste.asso.fr/contenu/villes3172.htm|archive-date=November 2008|website=}}</ref> |- |[[File:Constantine bridge 1899.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[El Kantara Bridge (1863)]]<br /><small>''destroyed in 1952''</small>||جسر باب القنطرة||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Span : {{convert|56|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A128|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Cast iron}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1863||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|22|8.7|N|6|37|5|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=El Kantara Bridge (1863)}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/pont-d-el-kantara | title= Pont d'El Kantara }}</ref><br /><ref name="Elkantara1"/><br /><ref name="Elkantara2"/> |- |[[File:El Ourit Pont Eiffel .JPG|150px]]||_row_count||[[El Ourit Bridge]]|| ||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Construct by [[Gustave Eiffel|Gustave Eiffel & Cie]]|| ||<small>{{Sort|A|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Steel deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>Railway bridge<br />''[[El-Ourit Waterfalls]]''</small></center>||19th century||[[Tlemcen]]<br /><small>{{Coord|34|51|40.1|N|1|16|11.2|W|type:landmark|display=inline|name=El Ourit Bridge}}</small>||[[Tlemcen Province]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tlemcen.info/grande-photo-el-ourit-10.html |title=Le pont Gustave Eiffel d'El Ourit - Tlemcen |language=fr |website=tlemcen.info }}</ref> |- |[[File:جسر الشيطان وقنطرة سيدي راشد.JPG|150px]]||_row_count||[[Sidi Rached Viaduct]]||سيدي راشد جسر||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Conception by [[Paul Séjourné]]<br />Span : {{convert|68|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />Deck height : {{convert|102|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|450|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|M450|[[Masonry]]<br />1 main arch, 26 secondary arches, concrete deck}}</small>||<center><small>Zaabane Avenue<br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1912||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|21|45.1|N|6|36|49.6|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Sidi Rached Viaduct}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/sidi-rached-bridge | title= Sidi Rached Bridge }}</ref> |- |[[File:Constantine bridge.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[El Kantara Bridge (1952)]]||جسر باب القنطرة||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A128|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small><br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1952||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|22|8.4|N|6|37|4.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=El Kantara Bridge (1952)}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/pont-d-el-kantara-1952-constantine | title= Pont d'El Kantara }}</ref><br /><ref name="Elkantara1"/><br /><ref name="Elkantara2"/> |}

Major bridges

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col |Arabic ! scope=col |Span ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="115" |Type ! scope=col width="115" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Province ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |[[File:Monr bourbia2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Oued Dib Bridge]]||جسر بني هارون||{{convert|280|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|620|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|C280|[[Cable-stayed bridge|Cable-stayed]]<br />Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons<br />111+280+111}}</small>||<center><small>N27<br />''Oued el Kebir''</small></center>||1998||[[Hamala, Algeria|Hamala]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|33|54|N|6|16|43.6|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oued Dib Bridge}}</small>||[[Mila Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/oved-dib-bridge | title=Oved Dib Bridge }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite book | author=A. Kibboua, M. Naboussi Farsi, J.L. Chatelain, B. Guillier & F.d Bouriche| title=Analyse expérimentale sous vibrations ambiantes d’un pont à haubans sur l’oued Dib à Mila |language=french|publisher=7ème Colloque National AFPS 2007 - Ecole Centrale Paris}}</ref> |- |[[File:Pont Salah Bey (49475835572)2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Salah Bey Viaduct]]<br /><small></small>||جسر صالح باي ||{{convert|245|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|1119|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|C245|[[Cable-stayed bridge|Cable-stayed]]<br />Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons, axial suspension}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||2014||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|21|27.3|N|6|36|52.2|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Salah Bey Viaduct}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/viaduc-transrhumel | title=Viaduc Transrhumel }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr/LaVille/ponttransrhumel.htm | title=Le transrhumel Pont Salah Bey |language=french|website=constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr}}</ref> |- |[[File:A highway bridge near Aïn Turk, Algeria 02966.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Marble Valley Bridge]]||جسر وادي الرخام||{{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|745|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|BG200|[[Box girder bridge|Box girder]]<br />Prestressed concrete<br />110+200+110}}</small>||<center><small>[[Algeria East–West Highway]] A1<br />''Oued Rekham''</small></center>||2008||[[Bouïra]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|25|50|N|3|48|14.5|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Marble Valley Bridge}}</small>||[[Bouïra Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/bouira-bridge | title=Bouira Bridge}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ainturk.tripod.com/index.html | title=Fiche technique du viaduc 185.1 |language=french}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://algerie.actudz.com/article2413.html |title=Algerie : Le gigantesque viaduc de Bouira inauguré |language=french}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Ravin Blanc Viaduct]]||||{{convert|170|m|ft|abbr=on}}||||<small>{{Sort|BG170|[[Box girder bridge|Box girder]]<br />Prestressed concrete}}</small>||<center><small> <br />'' ''</small></center>||1986||[[Oran]]<br /><small> </small>||[[Oran Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/viaduc-du-ravin-blanc | title=Viaduc du Ravin Blanc }}</ref> |- |[[File:Les Ponts suspendus à Constantine.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Sidi M'Cid Bridge]]||جسر سيدي مسيد||{{convert|164|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|164|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|S164|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel deck, masonry pylons}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1912||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|22|21.4|N|6|36|51.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Sidi M'Cid Bridge}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/sidi-m-cid-suspension-bridge | title=Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr/LaVille/pontsidimcid.htm | title=Le pont suspendu de Sidi M'Cid |language=french|website=constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Souk Ahras Bridge]]|| ||{{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|182|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A130|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Steel tied-arch}}</small>|| ||2011||[[Souk Ahras]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|16|52.6|N|7|57|08.7|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Souk Ahras Bridge}}</small>||[[Souk Ahras Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/souk-ahras-bridge | title=Souk Ahras Bridge }}</ref> |- |[[File:Bridge-3583955.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Mellah-Slimane Bridge]]||جسر ملاح سليمان||{{convert|125|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|125|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|S125|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel deck, masonry pylons}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>||1925||[[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|21|58.5|N|6|36|54|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Mellah-Slimane Bridge}}</small>||[[Constantine Province]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/mellah-slimane-footbridge | title=Mellah-Slimane Footbridge }}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Mila-Grarem Bridge]]||||{{convert|105|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|945|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|BG |[[Box girder bridge|Box girder]]<br />Prestressed concrete}}</small>||<center><small>N79A<br />''[[Rhummel]]''</small></center>|| ||[[Mila, Algeria|Mila]] - [[Grarem Gouga]]<br /><small>{{Coord|36|30|42.5|N|6|18|9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Mila-Grarem Bridge}}</small>||[[Mila Province]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2005/08/30/21-27430.php | title=Des infrastructures rayonnantes ! |website=lesoirdalgerie.com |language=french}}</ref> |}

Notes and References
  • Notes
    • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
      • Others references

        See also

        "Category: Bridges in Algeria". highestbridges.com.

        "Suspension Bridges of Algeria". bridgemeister.com.

        "Constantine et ses ponts- Algérie". timbresponts.fr (in French).

        "Constantine, à propos de ses ponts, de leur histoire et du temps" (in French).

        Further reading

        Gsell, Stéphane. Les Monuments Antiques de l’Algérie (PDF) (in French). Service des Monuments Historiques de l’Algérie. LMADA. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2017.

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