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List of bridges in Venezuela

		Name	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	State	Ref.
	1	Carlos III Bridge [es]	National historic monument		Masonry 1 semi-circular arch	Road bridge Avenida Oeste 13 Río Catuche	1784	Caracas (La Pastora Parish) 10°30′57.3″N 66°55′3.5″W / 10.515917°N 66.917639°W / 10.515917; -66.917639 (Carlos III Bridge)	Capital District	[1]
	2	Anauco Bridge [es]	National historic monument		Masonry 3 elliptic arches	Road bridge Avenida Este 0 Río Anauco Paseo Anauco	1790	Caracas (La Candelaria Parish) 10°30′16″N 66°54′10.9″W / 10.50444°N 66.903028°W / 10.50444; -66.903028 (Anauco Bridge)	Capital District	[2] [3]
	3	María Nieves Bridge	National historic monument		Truss Steel Transporter bridge	Troncal 2 Apure River	1962 2016	San Fernando de Apure–Puerto Miranda 7°54′02.6″N 67°28′25.0″W / 7.900722°N 67.473611°W / 7.900722; -67.473611 (María Nieves Bridge)	Apure Guárico	[Note 1][citation needed]
	4	Niquitao Viaduct [es]		99 m (325 ft)	Arch Steel deck arch	Road bridge Quebrada el Molino	1991	Niquitao 9°05′49.9″N 70°24′27.8″W / 9.097194°N 70.407722°W / 9.097194; -70.407722 (Niquitao Viaduct)	Trujillo	[4]

Major bridges[edit]

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft).

		Name	Span	Length	Structural type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	State	Ref.
	1	Angostura Bridge	712 m (2,336 ft)	1,678 m (5,505 ft)	Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons 280+712+280	Troncal 16 Orinoco	1967	Ciudad Bolívar 8°8′40.5″N 63°35′53.6″W / 8.144583°N 63.598222°W / 8.144583; -63.598222 (Angostura Bridge)	Bolívar Anzoátegui	[S 1] [5] [6]
	2	Nigale Bridge [es] planned	430 m (1,410 ft)	11,200 m (36,700 ft)	Cable-stayed Concrete deck and pylons Railroad bridge	Road bridge Railway line Lake Maracaibo Tablazo Strait		Santa Cruz de Mara–Sabaneta de Palmas 10°47′51.5″N 71°36′36.2″W / 10.797639°N 71.610056°W / 10.797639; -71.610056 (Nigale Bridge)	Zulia	[S 2] [7]
	3	Third Orinoco River Bridge [es] under construction	360 m (1,180 ft)	11,125 m (36,499 ft)	Cable-stayed 2 levels steel truss deck, concrete pylons Railroad bridge 2x120+360+2x120	Troncal 12 Railway line Orinoco		Caicara del Orinoco 7°40′23″N 66°9′15.1″W / 7.67306°N 66.154194°W / 7.67306; -66.154194 (Third Orinoco River Bridge)	Bolívar Guárico	[Note 2] [S 3]
	4	Orinoquia Bridge	300 m (980 ft)(x2)	3,156 m (10,354 ft)	Cable-stayed Steel box girder deck, concrete pylons Railroad bridge 3x60+300+4x60 +300+3x60	Road bridge Railway line Orinoco	2006	Ciudad Guayana 8°16′29.9″N 62°53′58.1″W / 8.274972°N 62.899472°W / 8.274972; -62.899472 (Orinoquia Bridge)	Bolívar Anzoátegui	[S 4] [8] [9] [10]
	5	General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge	235 m (771 ft)(x5)	8,678 m (28,471 ft)	Cable-stayed Concrete deck and cable-stays, 6 concrete pylons 160+5x235+160	Troncal 3 Troncal 17 Lake Maracaibo Tablazo Strait	1962	Maracaibo 10°34′28.1″N 71°35′30.9″W / 10.574472°N 71.591917°W / 10.574472; -71.591917 (General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge)	Zulia	[S 5] [11] [12]
	6	Second Chama River Bridge	176 m (577 ft)(x2)	528 m (1,732 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 88+2x176+88	Road bridge Chama River	2022	El Vigia 8°38′19.3″N 71°38′32.9″W / 8.638694°N 71.642472°W / 8.638694; -71.642472 (Second Chama River Bridge)	Mérida	[S 6]
	7	Caracas-La Guaira Bridge I collapsed in 2006	152 m (499 ft)	309 m (1,014 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	Caracas-La Guaira highway	1953	Caracas 10°31′27.2″N 66°58′10.5″W / 10.524222°N 66.969583°W / 10.524222; -66.969583 (Caracas-La Guaira Bridge I)	Capital District	[S 7] [13] [14] [15]
	8	Caracas-La Guaira Bridge II	146 m (479 ft)	253 m (830 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	Caracas-La Guaira highway Quebrada Tacagua	1953	Caracas 10°32′42.5″N 66°59′58.9″W / 10.545139°N 66.999694°W / 10.545139; -66.999694 (Caracas-La Guaira Bridge II)	Capital District	[S 8] [14] [15]
	9	Tienditas Bridge	140 m (460 ft)	280 m (920 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 70+140+70	Road Bridge Footbridge Táchira River	2016	Tienditas–Cúcuta 7°52′36.0″N 72°27′10.5″W / 7.876667°N 72.452917°W / 7.876667; -72.452917 (Tienditas Bridge)	Táchira  Bolivia	[S 9] [16]
	10	Caracas-La Guaira Bridge III	138 m (453 ft)	213 m (699 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	Caracas-La Guaira highway Quebrada Tacagua	1953	Caracas 10°33′10.1″N 67°0′18.1″W / 10.552806°N 67.005028°W / 10.552806; -67.005028 (Caracas-La Guaira Bridge III)	Capital District	[S 10] [14] [15]
	11	Guárico River Suspension Bridge dismantled in 1957	125 m (410 ft)	213 m (699 ft)	Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Guárico River	1930	El Sombrero	Guárico	[Note 3] [S 11] [17] [18]
	12	Cuyuni River Suspension Bridge [Wikidata] closed	125 m (410 ft)	213 m (699 ft)	Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Troncal 10 Cuyuni River	1957	El Dorado 6°42′56.1″N 61°36′37.8″W / 6.715583°N 61.610500°W / 6.715583; -61.610500 (Cuyuni River Suspension Bridge)	Bolívar	[Note 3] [S 12] [17] [18]
	13	Libertador Bridge [es]	113 m (371 ft)	173 m (568 ft)	Suspension Concrete deck, steel pylons 30+113+30	Road bridge Torbes River	1930	San Cristóbal–Táriba 7°48′36.5″N 72°13′56.4″W / 7.810139°N 72.232333°W / 7.810139; -72.232333 (Libertador Bridge)	Táchira	[17] [19]
	14	Chama River Bridge	112 m (367 ft)(x5)	630 m (2,070 ft)	Arch Steel truss deck arch	Troncal 1 Pan-American Highway Chama River	1954	El Vigia 8°36′37.8″N 71°37′54.1″W / 8.610500°N 71.631694°W / 8.610500; -71.631694 (Chama River Bridge)	Mérida	[20] [21]
	15	General José Antonio Páez Bridge	110 m (360 ft)	286 m (938 ft)	Truss Steel	Troncal 5 Bocono River	1952	Boconoíto–Veguitas, 8°50′56.9″N 70°00′49.1″W / 8.849139°N 70.013639°W / 8.849139; -70.013639 (General José Antonio Páez Bridge)	Portuguesa Barinas	[21] [22]
	16	New Caracas-La Guaira Bridge I	110 m (360 ft)(x6)	803 m (2,635 ft)	Beam bridge Composite steel/concrete deck 78+6x110+65	Caracas-La Guaira highway	2007	Caracas 10°31′28.7″N 66°57′57.8″W / 10.524639°N 66.966056°W / 10.524639; -66.966056 (New Caracas-La Guaira Bridge I)	Capital District	[S 13]
	17	José Cornelio Muñoz Bridge			Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Apure River		Bruzual 8°3′13.9″N 69°19′59.2″W / 8.053861°N 69.333111°W / 8.053861; -69.333111 (José Cornelio Muñoz Bridge)	Apure Barinas

See also[edit]

• Transport in Venezuela
• Rail transport in Venezuela
• Geography of Venezuela
• List of rivers of Venezuela
• es:Carreteras de Venezuela (in Spanish) - Roads in Venezuela

References[edit]

• Notes

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

• Others references

Further reading[edit]

• Grases, José; Gutiérrez, Arnaldo; Salas Jiménez, Rafael (2016). "Puentes en Venezuela: una Historia incompleta" [Bridges in Venezuela: an incomplete history] (PDF). Historia De La Ingeniería Estructural En Venezuela (in Spanish). Academia Nacional de la Ingeniería y el Hábitat. ISBN 978-9807106054.
• Hernandez, Carlos H. Evolución de las Tenso estructuras en Venezuela [Evolution of Tensile Structures in Venezuela] (PDF) (in Spanish). {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Prade, Marcel (1990). "Le Vénézuéla". 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. pp. 185–188. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
• Silva Contreras, Mónica (January 2008). Puentes colgantes entre las estructuras metálicas de la arquitectura venezolana en la década 1920 [Hanging bridges between the metal structures of Venezuelan architecture in the 1920s] (in Spanish). Conference: Storia dell’Ingegneria: Atti del 2° Convegno Nazionale. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Silva Contreras, Mónica (January 2004). "Puentes metálicos sobre el río Guaire: el carácter de la tradición académica" [Metal bridges over the Guaire River: the character of the academic tradition]. Tecnología y Construcción (in Spanish). Vol. 20. p. 29-42. ISSN 0798-9601. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

External links[edit]

• "Brücken in der Venezuela" [Bridges in Venezuela]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
• Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Venezuela". bridgemeister.com.