List of bridges in Ecuador
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Ecuador, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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1 | Aguarico River Bridge | Designed by Toni Rüttimann | 264 m (866 ft) | Suspension Steel | Footbridge Aguarico River | El Dorado de Cascales 0°04′15.9″N 77°15′03.4″W / 0.071083°N 77.250944°W / 0.071083; -77.250944 (Aguarico River Bridge) | Sucumbíos Province | [S 1] [1] | ||
2 | San Francisco Bridge (Baños) | Bungee jumping spot | Beam bridge Composite steel/concrete deck V-shaped legs | Road bridge Pastaza River | Baños de Agua Santa 1°23′39.1″S 78°25′28.4″W / 1.394194°S 78.424556°W / -1.394194; -78.424556 (San Francisco Bridge (Baños)) | Tungurahua Province |
Major road and railway bridges
This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 metres (330 ft) (non-exhaustive list).
Name | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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1 | Río Napo Bridge | 312 m (1,024 ft) | 740 m (2,430 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons | Ecuador Highway 45A Napo River | 2012 | Puerto Francisco de Orellana 0°28′22.9″S 76°58′44.7″W / 0.473028°S 76.979083°W / -0.473028; -76.979083 (Río Napo Bridge) | Orellana Province | [S 2] [2] [3] | |
2 | Río Aguarico Bridge | 270 m (890 ft) | 440 m (1,440 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 85+270+85 | Ecuador Highway 45A Aguarico River | 2012 | Nueva Loja 0°03′36.2″N 76°52′52.2″W / 0.060056°N 76.881167°W / 0.060056; -76.881167 (Río Aguarico Bridge) | Sucumbíos Province | [S 3] [4] [5] | |
3 | Chiche Bridge (2014) | 210 m (690 ft) | 314 m (1,030 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete V-shaped legs Twin bridges 70+174+70 | Road bridge Chiche River | 2014 | Quito 0°12′39.4″S 78°22′09.4″W / 0.210944°S 78.369278°W / -0.210944; -78.369278 (Chiche Bridge (2014)) | Pichincha Province | [Note 1] [7] [6] | |
4 | Río Esmeraldas Bridge | 200 m (660 ft) | 200 m (660 ft) | Suspension Concrete pylons | 1978 | Esmeraldas 0°53′41.8″N 79°38′14.6″W / 0.894944°N 79.637389°W / 0.894944; -79.637389 (Río Esmeraldas Bridge) | Esmeraldas Province | [S 4] | ||
5 | Río Pastaza Bridge | 180 m (590 ft) | 303 m (994 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons (steel upper part) | Ecuador Highway 45 Pastaza River | 2006 | Chuwitayo 1°55′15.7″S 77°49′26.5″W / 1.921028°S 77.824028°W / -1.921028; -77.824028 (Río Pastaza Bridge) | Pastaza Province Morona-Santiago Province | [8] | |
6 | Guayllabamba Bridge | 105 m (344 ft) | 150 m (490 ft) | Beam bridge Steel V-shaped legs Twin bridges | Road bridge Guayllabamba River | 2014 | Quito 0°06′20.0″S 78°22′56.7″W / 0.105556°S 78.382417°W / -0.105556; -78.382417 (Guayllabamba Bridge) | Pichincha Province | [9] | |
7 | Salsipuedes Bridge | 104 m (341 ft) | 186 m (610 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch | Ecuador Highway 487 Sal-si-puedes River | 1960 | Pallatanga 2°03′23.0″S 78°59′05.3″W / 2.056389°S 78.984806°W / -2.056389; -78.984806 (Salsipuedes Bridge) | Chimborazo Province | [S 5] [10] | |
8 | Río Pastaza Bridge (Palora) | Suspension Concrete pylons | Road bridge Pastaza River | Palora 1°44′15.6″S 77°52′55.9″W / 1.737667°S 77.882194°W / -1.737667; -77.882194 (Río Pastaza Bridge (Palora)) | Morona-Santiago Province Pastaza Province | |||||
9 | Gonzalo Icaza Cornejo Bridge | Suspension Steel pylons | Ecuador Highway 48 Daule River | 1958 | Daule, Guayas 1°52′51.3″S 80°00′06.0″W / 1.880917°S 80.001667°W / -1.880917; -80.001667 (Gonzalo Icaza Cornejo Bridge) | Guayas Province | ||||
10 | Río Daule Bridge (Balzar) | Arch Steel through arch | Balzar 1°21′27.6″S 79°54′30.7″W / 1.357667°S 79.908528°W / -1.357667; -79.908528 (Río Gualo Bridge) | Guayas Province | ||||||
11 | Río Coca Bridge | Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge | Ecuador Highway 45A Coca River | San Sebastián del Coca 0°20′33.3″S 77°00′26.4″W / 0.342583°S 77.007333°W / -0.342583; -77.007333 (Río Coca Bridge) | Orellana Province | |||||
12 | Río Catarama Bridge | Arch Concrete through arch | Road bridge Catarama River (Ecuador) | 2014 | Babahoyo 1°47′37.5″S 79°31′52.0″W / 1.793750°S 79.531111°W / -1.793750; -79.531111 (Río Catarama Bridge) | Los Ríos Province | [11] | |||
13 | Río Gualo Bridge | 200 m (660 ft) | Beam bridge Steel V-shaped legs Twin bridges | Road bridge Avenida Simón Bolívar Gualo River | Quito 0°08′34.6″S 78°26′37.0″W / 0.142944°S 78.443611°W / -0.142944; -78.443611 (Río Gualo Bridge) | Pichincha Province | [12] |
See also
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Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ The Chiche Bridge is the highest bridge in Ecuador with a deck 137 m (449 ft) over the Chiche River.[6]
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ Brühwiler, Eugen (January 2000). "Bridges making a Difference; interview of Mr. Toni Ruttimann". Structural Engineering International. Vol. 10 – via Researchgate.net.
- ^ "Reconocimiento y verificatión del estado de los elementos del puente" [Recognition and verification of the state of the bridge elements] (PDF). Obraspublicas.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Inaugurado puente más alto de Ecuador" [Inaugurated the highest bridge in Ecuador]. Construccionlatinoamericana.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Construcción del Puente Aguarico" [Construction of the Aguarico Bridge]. Puenteaguarico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Puente sobre el río Aguarico integra a las poblaciones de la Amazonía" [Bridge over the Aguarico River integrates the populations of the Amazon]. Obraspublicas.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "Chiche Bridge". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Calvo Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Arroyo Márquez, Joaquín; Fernández-Pacheco López-Amor, Alfonso; Romo, Fernando (June 2017). Puente sobre el río Chiche en Quito, Ecuador [Bridge over Chiche river in Quito, Ecuador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Coruña: VII Congreso de ACHE - Asociación Española de Ingeniería Estructural.
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ignored (help) - ^ Romo Proaño, Marcelo. "Transferencia tecnológica en grandes proyectos de ingeniería – el caso del puente atirantado sobre el río aguarico" [Technology transfer in large engineering projects – the case of the cable-stayed bridge over the Aguarico river]. Puenteaguarico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Guayllabamba Bridge, Quito, Ecuador". Maegspa.com - Maeg Costruzioni SpA. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Prade, 1990, p.181
- ^ "Viaducto de Babahoyo fue aperturado" [Babahoyo Viaduct was opened]. Contenido.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Federación Ecuatoriana de Industrias del Metal, p.16
Further reading
- Prade, Marcel (1990). "L'Équateur". 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. 181. ISBN 2-902170-68-8. LCCN 92149877.
External links
- "Fabricación nacional de puentes de acero" [National manufacture of steel bridges]. Es.slideshare.net (in Spanish). Fedimetal - Federación Ecuatoriana de Industrias del Metal.
- "Brücken in der Ecuador" [Bridges in Ecuador]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
- Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Ecuador". bridgemeister.com.
- Sakowski, Eric. "Category: Bridges in Ecuador". Highestbridges.com.
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