List of bridges in Angola

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

Major road and railway bridges

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] ^[2] ^[3]
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]} ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
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] ^[8]
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]} ^[9] ^[10]
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] ^[12] ^[13]
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] ^[15]

Notes and references

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

Others references

^ "Project Barra do Kwanza New Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.39
^ "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.
^ "Kwanza Barra Bridge rehabilitation - Luanda-Benguela Highway, Angola, 2003". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.33
^ "Cable-stayed bridge over Kwanza river, Angola". Demiranda.it - De Miranda Associati Ingegneria Strutturale. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Queve River Bridge at Porto Amboím - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (design)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.45
^ "4th of April Bridge - Highway Benguela-Lobito, Angola, 2009". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.27
^ 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.
^ "Kwanza River Bridge at Cabala - Catete-Muxima Road, Angola, 2010". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.22
^ "Longa River Bridge - Luanda-Lobito Road, Angola, 2009 (projecto)". Arito.com.pt - Armando Rito Engenharia. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Rito, 2013, Building bridges in Africa, p.42