List of bridges in Botswana

Major bridges

edit
Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location District Ref.
1 Okavango River Bridge 200 m (660 ft) 1,161 m (3,809 ft) Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons
100+200+100
Road bridge
Okavango River
2022 ShakaweGoa
18°16′22.8″S 21°47′43.4″E / 18.273000°S 21.795389°E / -18.273000; 21.795389 (Okavango River Bridge)
North-West District [S 1]
[1]
[2]
  2 Kazungula Bridge 129 m (423 ft) 923 m (3,028 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, 6 concrete pylons
Rail-road bridge
54+85+5x129+85+54
2020 KasaneKazungula
17°47′28.4″S 25°15′45.0″E / 17.791222°S 25.262500°E / -17.791222; 25.262500 (Kazungula Bridge)
Chobe District
  Zambia
[Note 1]
[S 2]
[3]
[4]


See also

edit

References

edit
  • Notes
  1. ^ The Kazungula Bridge is situated where the borders of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe come together at the confluence of the Cuando (also called Chobe) and Zambezi rivers, but it only crosses the Botswana–Zambia border.
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "Okavango River Bridge".
  2. ^ "Kazungula Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ Grassl, Martin; Benz, Thomas (November 2010). "Okavango River Bridge in Botsuana, Afrika – Elefantenzähne für den Okavango" [Okavango River Bridge in Botswana, Africa - Elephant teeth for the Okavango] (PDF). Stahlbau (in German). 79 (11). Ernst & Sohn: 854–862. doi:10.1002/stab.201001375. ISSN 1437-1049.
  2. ^ "Inaugurated in Botswana the bridge on the Okavango River realized by Itinera". Itinera-spa.it. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Frémont, Guy; Yi Wu, Ze; Lavigne, Thomas (March 2011). Science et Industrie S.A (ed.). "Le pont multi-haubané de Kazungula sur le Zambèze" [The Kazungula multiple-cable-stayed bridge over the Zambezi] (PDF). Revue Travaux (in French). 879. Fédération nationale des travaux publics (FNTP): 115–121. ISSN 0041-1906.
  4. ^ "US$259m Kazungula Bridge linking Botswana and Zambia launched". Constructafrica.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.