List of bridges in Chile
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Chile, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Region | Ref. | ||
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![]() | 1 | Cal y Canto Bridge [es] demolished in 1888 | Historic Monument (remains of the bridge) | 202 m (663 ft) | Masonry 9 semi-circular arches | Road bridge Mapocho River | 1782 | Santiago 33°25′57.7″S 70°39′05.8″W / 33.432694°S 70.651611°W / -33.432694; -70.651611 (Cal y Canto Bridge) | Santiago Metropolitan Region | [1] [2] |
![]() | 2 | Conchi viaduct | Second highest railway viaduct in the world when inaugurated Height : 102 m (335 ft) Historic Monument | 244 m (801 ft) | Trestle bridge Steel | Former Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia Loa River | 1888 | Calama 22°01′55.5″S 68°37′15.5″W / 22.032083°S 68.620972°W / -22.032083; -68.620972 (Conchi viaduct) | Antofagasta Region | [S 1] [3] [4] [5] |
![]() | 3 | Biobío Railway Bridge (Concepción) [es] | 1,886 m (6,188 ft) | Truss Steel | Concepción-Curanilahue railway Biobío River | 1889 | Concepción–San Pedro de la Paz 36°49′40.0″S 73°04′40.5″W / 36.827778°S 73.077917°W / -36.827778; -73.077917 (Biobío Railway Bridge (Concepción)) | Biobío Region | [6] | |
![]() | 4 | Malleco Viaduct | Height : 96 m (315 ft) Historic Monument | 347 m (1,138 ft) | Truss Steel 4x69 | Longitudinal Sur Malleco River | 1890 | Collipulli 37°57′46.8″S 72°26′18.6″W / 37.963000°S 72.438500°W / -37.963000; -72.438500 (Malleco Viaduct) | Araucanía Region | [S 2] [7] [8] |
![]() | 5 | Maipo Bridge | Truss Steel | Railway bridge Maipo River | San Bernardo–Buin 33°41′24.3″S 70°43′21.6″W / 33.690083°S 70.722667°W / -33.690083; -70.722667 (Maipo Bridge) | Santiago Metropolitan Region | ||||
![]() | 6 | Pedro de Valdivia Bridge | Withstood the 1960 Valdivia earthquake (9.5 magnitude, the strongest ever recorded) | 239 m (784 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 49+69+49 | 1954 | Valdivia 39°48′41.4″S 73°14′56.5″W / 39.811500°S 73.249028°W / -39.811500; -73.249028 (Pedro de Valdivia Bridge) | Los Ríos Region | [9] [10] [11] |
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 | Region | Ref. | ||
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1 | Chacao Channel bridge under construction | 1,155 m (3,789 ft) | 2,634 m (8,642 ft) | Suspension Steel box girder deck, 3 concrete pylons 284+1155+1055+43 | 2025 | Chacao (Chiloé Island)–Pargua 41°47′43.5″S 73°31′22.4″W / 41.795417°S 73.522889°W / -41.795417; -73.522889 (Chacao Channel bridge) | Los Lagos Region | [S 3] [12] [13] [14] | ||
2 | Presidente Ibáñez Bridge | 210 m (690 ft) | 210 m (690 ft) | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | Chile Route 40 Aysén River | 1966 | Puerto Aysén 45°24′16.5″S 72°41′04.4″W / 45.404583°S 72.684556°W / -45.404583; -72.684556 (Presidente Ibáñez Bridge) | Aysén Region | [Note 1] [S 4] [15] [16] | |
![]() | 3 | Yelcho Bridge | 150 m (490 ft) | 250 m (820 ft) | Cable-stayed Concrete girder deck, concrete pylons 50+150+50 | 1989 | Chaitén 43°10′31.5″S 72°26′21.0″W / 43.175417°S 72.439167°W / -43.175417; -72.439167 (Yelcho Bridge) | Los Lagos Region | [S 5] [17] | |
![]() | 4 | Treng Treng Kay Kay Bridge [es] | 140 m (460 ft) | 240 m (790 ft) | Cable-stayed Concrete box girder deck, 1 inclined concrete pylons 140+27+23 | Road bridge Cautín River | 2021 | Temuco–Padre Las Casas 38°44′59.2″S 72°35′22.3″W / 38.749778°S 72.589528°W / -38.749778; -72.589528 (Treng Treng Kay Kay Bridge) | Araucanía Region | [S 6] [18] |
![]() | 5 | President Eduardo Frei Montalva Bridge | 135 m (443 ft) | 155 m (509 ft) | Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons | Chile Route S-40 Imperial River | 1949 | Carahue 38°43′07.0″S 73°10′30.9″W / 38.718611°S 73.175250°W / -38.718611; -73.175250 (President Eduardo Frei Montalva Bridge) | Araucanía Region | [19] |
6 | Augusto Grosse Bridge | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | Villa O'Higgins 48°28′57.7″S 72°35′18.8″W / 48.482694°S 72.588556°W / -48.482694; -72.588556 (Augusto Grosse Bridge) | Aysén Region | ||||||
![]() | 7 | General Carrera Lake Bridge | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | 1989 | Puerto Guadal 46°50′42.7″S 72°48′10.0″W / 46.845194°S 72.802778°W / -46.845194; -72.802778 (General Carrera Lake Bridge) | Aysén Region | ||||
8 | Sergio Sepúlveda Bridge | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | La Junta 43°57′41.3″S 72°23′48.2″W / 43.961472°S 72.396722°W / -43.961472; -72.396722 (Sergio Sepúlveda Bridge) | Aysén Region |
See also
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- Transport in Chile
- List of highways in Chile
- Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
- History of rail transport in Chile
- Geography of Chile
- List of rivers of Chile
- es:Anexo:Puentes sobre el río Mapocho en Santiago de Chile (in Spanish) - Bridges over the Mapocho river in Santiago de Chile
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ Historic Monument.[15]
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ Rosales, Justo Abel (1888). El Puente Cal y Canto [The Cal y Canto Bridge] (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: Historia y Tradiciones. pp. 19, 20.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Todos los restos del puente de Cal y Canto de Santiago" [All the remains of the Cal y Canto de Santiago bridge]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Viaducto de Conchi sobre el río Loa" [Conchi Viaduct over the Loa River]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Galeno-Ibaceta, Claudio; Arellano Escudero, Nelson (October 2017). "El viaducto de Conchi: una obra de la Revolución Industrial en el desierto de Atacama, 1887-1888" [The Conchi viaduct: a work of the Industrial Revolution in the Atacama desert, 1887-1888]. Actas del Décimo Congreso Nacional y Segundo Congreso Internacional Hispanoamericano de Historia de la Construcción (in Spanish). Instituto Juan de Herrera. pp. 625–633.
- ^ "Loa Viaduct". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Plan regulador comunal estudio de patrimonio comunal" [Communal regulatory plan study of communal heritage] (PDF). Sanpedrodelapaz.cl - Municipalidad de San Pedro de la Paz (in Spanish). Manuel Duran Iligaray Arquitecto Consultor. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2010.
- ^ "Viaducto del Malleco" [Malleco Viaduct]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Marin Vicuna, 1901, p.102-103
- ^ González, 2013, p.39
- ^ "M 9.5 - 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Steinbrugge, Karl V.; Clough, Ray W. Chilean Earthquakes of May, 1960: A Brief Trip Report (PDF). p. 634.
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ignored (help) - ^ Pizarro, Diego; Hube, Matias; Valenzuela, Matias (September 2015). "Dynamic Characteristics of a Longitudinally Asymmetrical Multi-Span Suspension Bridge: The Chacao Bridge". IABSE Conference – Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges. Geneva, Switzerland – via Researchgate.net.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Definitive design approved for Chacao Bridge". Bridgeweb.com - Bridge Design & Engineering. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Proyecto Puente Chacao Chiloé" [Chacao Bridge Project - Chiloé]. Puentechacao.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "Puente Presidente Ibáñez" [Ibáñez President Bridge]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Puente Presidente Ibáñez es distinguido como ícono bicentenario" [Presidente Ibáñez Bridge is distinguished as a bicentennial icon]. Gobernacionaysen.gov.cl - Gobernación Provincia de Aysén (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- ^ "DYWIDAG Multistrand Stay Cable Systems" (PDF). Addbeton.com. p. 20. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Perales Aravena, Rodrigo (November 2012). Tercer Puente "Treng Treng y Kay Kay" Temuco – Padre Las Casas, Región de la Araucanía [Third Bridge "Treng Treng and Kay Kay" Temuco – Padre Las Casas, Araucanía Region] (in Spanish). Coquimbo: V Congreso Asociación de Ingenieros Civiles Estructurales.
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ignored (help) - ^ Manual de Consulta Turístico e Histórico de la Comuna de Carahue [Tourist and Historical Consultation Manual of the Commune of Carahue] (in Spanish). Fondo Regional de Cultura - Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía - Municipalidad de Carahue. 2008. p. 153.
Further reading
- Marin Vicuna, Santiago (1901). Estudios de los Ferrocarriles Chilenos [Studies of the Chilean Railways] (PDF) (in Spanish). Anales de la Universidad.
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ignored (help) - González González, Tamara Belen (2013). Identificación del patrimonio de ingeniería en puentes en la región de los ríos con un ejemplo de evaluación de la posibilidad de conservación [Identification of engineering heritage in bridges in the river region with an example of evaluation of the possibility of conservation] (PDF). Cybertesis.uach.cl (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universitad Austral de Chile.
External links
- "Puentes y Túneles" [Bridges and Tunnels]. Amigosdeltren.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
- "Diferentes puentes de Chile" [Different bridges in Chile]. Pad.rbb.usm.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original (ppt) on May 23, 2012.
- "Brücken in der Chile" [Bridges in Chile]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
- Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Chile". bridgemeister.com.
- Sakowski, Eric. "Category: Bridges in Chile". Highestbridges.com.
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