List of bridges in Algeria

Historical or architectural interest bridges

Name Arabic Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
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 / 36.568361; 2.290222 (Oued Ilelouine Aqueduct Bridge)		 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 / 36.605722; 2.235806 (Oued Bellah Aqueduct Bridge)		 Tipaza Province [1]
3 El Kantara Bridge [ar] 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 / 35.233556; 5.701611 (El Kantara Bridge)		 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 / 36.755861; 3.031139 (Aïn Zeboudja Aqueduct Bridge)		 Algiers Province [4]
[5]
5 El Kantara Bridge (1792)
destroyed in 1857		 باب القنطرة بريدج (١٧٩٢) Cultural heritage 60 m (200 ft) Masonry
2 levels

Rhumel River
 1792 Constantine
36°22′08.2″N 6°37′04.9″E / 36.368944°N 6.618028°E / 36.368944; 6.618028 (El Kantara Bridge (1792))		 Constantine Province [Note 2]
[2]
[6]
[7]
[8]
6 Devil's Bridge (Constantine) جسر الشيطان (قسنطينة) Devil's Bridge Masonry
1 segmental arch

Rhumel River
 1850 Constantine
36°21′42.5″N 6°36′47.9″E / 36.361806°N 6.613306°E / 36.361806; 6.613306 (Devil's Bridge (Constantine))		 Constantine Province [9]
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 / 36.369083; 6.618056 (El Kantara Bridge (1863))		 Constantine Province [S 1]
[7]
[8]
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 / 34.861083; -1.269806 (El Ourit Bridge)		 Tlemcen Province [10]
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
Road bridge
Zaabane Avenue
Rhumel River
 1912 Constantine
36°21′45.1″N 6°36′50.2″E / 36.362528°N 6.613944°E / 36.362528; 6.613944 (Sidi Rached Viaduct)		 Constantine Province [S 2]
[11]
[12]
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 / 36.369000; 6.618028 (Bab El Kantra Bridge)		 Constantine Province [S 3]
[7]
[8]


Major bridges

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.
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 / 36.564833; 6.278917 (Oued Dib Bridge)		 Mila Province [S 4]
[13]
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 / 36.357806; 6.614944 (Salah Bey Viaduct)		 Constantine Province [S 5]
[14]
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 / 36.430528; 3.803750 (Marble Valley Bridge)		 Bouïra Province [S 6]
[15]
[16]
4 Ravin Blanc Viaduct 170 m (560 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete

1986 Oran
 Oran Province [S 7]
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 / 36.372694; 6.614694 (Sidi M'Cid Bridge)		 Constantine Province [S 8]
[17]
[18]
[19]
6 Souk Ahras Bridge [ar] 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 / 36.281306; 7.952556 (Souk Ahras Bridge)		 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 / 34.969778; -1.027917 (Viaduct PK96+828)		 Tlemcen Province [20]
[21]
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 / 34.896111; -1.260889 (Viaduct (Oued Tlélat - Tlemcen HSR))		 Tlemcen Province [20]
[22]
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 / 36.366250; 6.61500 (Mellah Slimane Bridge)		 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 / 36.652528; 7.782694 (Chihani Suspension Bridge)		 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 / 36.511750; 6.302667 (Mila-Grarem Bridge)		 Mila Province [26]


Notes and references

  • Notes
  1. ^ Mostly restored in 1862 by French military genius during the reign of Napoleon III, some stones have been replaced with new blocks.[3]
  2. ^ Built on the ruins of an older bridge.[6]
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "Pont d'El Kantara".
  2. ^ "Sidi Rached Bridge".
  3. ^ "Pont d'El Kantara".
  4. ^ "Oved Dib Bridge".
  5. ^ "Viaduc Transrhumel".
  6. ^ "Bouira Bridge".
  7. ^ "Viaduc du Ravin Blanc".
  8. ^ "Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge".
  9. ^ "Souk Ahras Bridge".
  10. ^ "Mellah-Slimane Footbridge".
  11. ^ "Chihani Suspension Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ a b "Cherchell (Algeria)". Romanaqueducts.info. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Gsell, 1901, p.7-9, board LXXIII
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b Gsell, 1901, p.5-6
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c "Le pont El Kantara" [El Kantara Bridge]. Engival.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Les ponts de Constantine" [Bridges in Constantine]. Cerclealgerianiste.asso.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 November 2008.
  10. ^ "Le pont Gustave Eiffel d'El Ourit - Tlemcen" [The Gustave Eiffel bridge in El Ourit - Tlemcen]. Tlemcen.info (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ "Le pont Sidi Rached en cartes postales" [The Sidi Rached bridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "Le transrhumel - Pont Salah Bey" [The transrhumel - Salah Bey Bridge]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French).
  15. ^ "Fiche technique du viaduc 185.1" [Technical sheet of the 185.1 viaduct]. Ainturk.tripod.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ 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)
  18. ^ 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)
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "La nuova linea Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen" [The new Oued Tlélat-Tlemcen line]. Stradeeautostrade.it (in Italian). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  23. ^ "La passerelle Perrégaux en cartes postales" [The Perregaux footbridge in postcards]. Constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  24. ^ Petrangeli, Marco; Petrangeli, Petrangeli (August 2009). The Chiani Suspension Bridge: A Complete Overhaul. Vol. 5. IABSE Symposium Report, Bangkok. pp. 181–190.
  25. ^ "Vie et Oeuvre de Ferdinand Arnodin" [Life and Work of Ferdinand Arnodin]. Art-et-histoire.com (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  26. ^ "Régions Est : Mila - Des infrastructures rayonnantes !" [Eastern Regions: Mila - Radiant infrastructures!]. Lesoirdalgerie.com (in French). Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.

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