List of bridges in Morocco

Historical or architectural interest bridges

Name Arabic Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Region Ref.
1Oued Tensift Bridgeقنطرة واد تانسيفتMasonry
27 arches
National Route 9
Tensift River
1170Marrakesh
31°41′31.7″N 7°59′17.9″W
Marrakesh-Safi[I 1]
[1]
2Oued Sebou Bridgeقنطرة واد سبو150 m (490 ft)Masonry
8 arches
1670Fez
Fès-Meknès[2]
3Moulay Ismaïl BridgeMasonry
10 arches
1687Kasba Tadla
32°35′35.4″N 6°16′20″W
Béni Mellal-Khénifra[I 2]
[S 1]
4Sqala BridgeMasonry
18th centuryEssaouira
31°30′36.6″N 9°46′25.9″W
Marrakesh-Safi[3]
5Oued Nja BridgeMasonry
5 arches
Oued Nja
1870Douar Oued Njat
33°59′54.3″N 5°11′18.8″W
Fès-Meknès[I 3]
6Khenifra BridgeMasonry19th centuryKhenifra
32°56′16.7″N 5°40′09.9″W
Béni Mellal-Khénifra[I 4]

Major bridges

Name Arabic Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Region Ref.
1Mohammed VI Bridgeجسر محمد السادس376 m (1,234 ft)952 m (3,123 ft)Cable-stayed
Concrete deck and pylons
183+376+183
Contournement de Rabat
Bou Regreg
2014Rabat
33°56′19.8″N 6°45′34.7″W
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra[4]
2Sidi Maârouf Bridgeجسر سيدي معروف136 m (446 ft)224 m (735 ft)Cable-stayed
Composite steel/concrete deck
2019Casablanca
33°32′23.0″N 7°38′25.9″W
Casablanca-Settat[S 2]
3Oued Sherrat Bridge103 m (338 ft)Suspension
Pylônes maçonnerie
National Route 1
Oued Sherrat
1922Skhirat
33°48′53.2″N 7°6′36.4″W
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra[I 5]
[S 3]
[5]
4Oued Ikem Bridge103 m (338 ft)Suspension
Pylônes maçonnerie
1922Skhirat
33°52′24.1″N 6°59′42.1″W
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra[I 6]
[S 4]
[5]
5Hassan-II Bridgeجسر الحسن الثاني76 m (249 ft)1,215 m (3,986 ft)Arch
Concrete deck arch
2011Rabat
34°01′38.4″N 6°49′10.0″W
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra[S 5]
6Oued Laabid BridgeSuspension
Steel deck, concrete pylons
R302
Oued Laabid
Ouaouizeght
32°7′55.4″N 6°18′1.6″W
Béni Mellal-Khénifra

References

  • Idpc.ma - Inventaire et Documentation du Patrimoine Culturel du Maroc (in French)
  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Others references
  1. "Pont de Tansifet". qantara-med.org.
  2. "Bridge of Sebou". qantara-med.org.
  3. "Sqala du port d'Essaouira". qantara-med.org.
  4. "Conception du viaduc haubané sur l'Oued Bouregreg (Maroc)" (PDF) (in French). Revue Travaux n°879. 2011.
  5. "Ponts suspendus, conçus, construits ou rénovés par Ferdinand Arnodin". timbresponts.fr (in French).

See also

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