List of bridges in South Africa

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col width="220" |Distinction ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="100" |Type ! scope=col width="100" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Province ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |[[File:Outeniqua Choo Tjoe.JPG|150px]]||_row_count||[[Kaaimans River Railway Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Crosses by [[Outeniqua Choo Tjoe]]<br />Protected Site<br /><small>ID :[http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/api/api.php?action=search&format=html&srcountry=za&srid=9%2F2%2F030%2F0034-001 9/2/030/0034-001]</small>||||<small>{{Sort|B|[[Beam bridge|Beam]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Kaaimans River]]''</small></center>|| ||[[Wilderness, Western Cape|Wilderness]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|59|52.2|S|22|33|25.5|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Kaaimans River Railway Bridge}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/kaayman-s-river-bridge | title=Kaayman's River Bridge}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outeniquachootjoe.co.za/| title=The Official Outeniqua Choo tjoe and Transnet Heritage Museum web page }}</ref> |- |[[File:Apple Express, Eastern Cape - South Africa (2417709851).jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Van Stadens River Railway Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Second highest railway bridge in Africa<br />Deck height : {{convert|77|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|196|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|TR196|[[Truss bridge|Truss]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Van Stadens River]]''</small></center>||1905||[[Thomhill]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|53|21.6|S|25|12|28.2|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Van Stadens River Railway Bridge}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=South_Africa_Bridges_90_to_100_meters | title=South Africa Bridges 90 to 100 meters }}</ref> |- |[[File:Oudtshoorn suspension bridge.JPG|150px]]||_row_count||[[Oudtshoorn Suspension Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Protected Site<br /><small>ID :[http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/api/api.php?action=search&format=html&srcountry=za&srid=9%2F2%2F068%2F0025 9/2/068/0025]</small>||||<small>{{Sort|S|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />Kerk Street<br />''[[Grobbelaars River]]''</small></center>||1913||[[Oudtshoorn]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|35|17.1|S|22|12|3.7|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oudtshoorn Suspension Bridge}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oudtshoorninfo.com/culture.php?id=72&category=23 | title=Suspension Bridge, Grobelaars River, Church Street }}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Alfred Beit Railway Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|[[South Africa–Zimbabwe border]]||||<small>{{Sort|TR |[[Truss bridge|Truss]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small> <br />''[[Limpopo River]]''</small></center>||1929||[[Musina]] - [[Beitbridge]]<br /><small>{{Coord|22|13|27.8|S|29|59|13.2|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Alfred Beit Railway Bridge}}</small>||[[Limpopo]]<br />{{ZWE}}|| |- |[[File:Waterfront Cape Town.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Swing Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|Swing cable-stayed bridge||||<small>{{Sort|C|[[Cable-stayed bridge|Cable-stayed]]<br />Single tower, steel}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront]]''</small></center>|| ||[[Le Cap]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|54|22.6|S|18|25|18.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Swing Bridge}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/marina-swing-bridge | title=Marina Swing Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:Tsitsikamma2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Tsitsikamma Suspension Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||{{convert|77|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|S77|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Storms River]]''</small></center>||1969||[[Tsitsikamma National Park]]<br /><small>{{Coord|34|1|10.3|S|23|54|12.2|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Tsitsikamma Suspension Bridge}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bambooguesthouse.co.za/blogs/storms-river-suspension-bridge | title=The Storms River Suspension Bridge }}</ref> |- |[[File:Eagles Nest, Oribi Gorge on Easter Sunday.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Oribi Gorge Suspension Bridge]]||bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| ||||<small>{{Sort|S|[[Suspension bridge|Suspension]]<br />Steel}}</small>||<center><small>Footbridge<br />''[[Oribi Gorge]]''</small></center>|| ||[[Lake Eland Game Reserve]]<br /><small>{{Coord|30|43|16.1|S|30|11|10.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oribi Gorge Suspension Bridge}}</small>||[[KwaZulu-Natal]]|| |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"| ! scope=col | ! scope=col |Name ! scope=col |Span ! scope=col |Length ! scope=col width="100" |Type ! scope=col width="100" |Carries<br />''Crosses'' ! scope=col |Opened ! scope=col |Location ! scope=col |Province ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |- | ||_row_count||[[Msikaba Bridge]]<br /><small>''project''</small>||{{convert|580|m|ft|abbr=on}}|| ||<small>{{Sort|C580|[[Cable-stayed bridge|Cable-stayed]]<br />Steel deck}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Msikaba River]]''</small></center>||2024||[[Nkcele]]<br /><small>{{Coord|31|17|31.5|S|29|47|49.2|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Msikaba Bridge}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref name="Msikaba and Mtentu">{{cite web | url =http://cablebridge-db.com/bbs/download.php?table_name=tgallery&aq_id=3035&filenum=1| title =Msikaba and Mtentu River Bridges – Large Scale Infrastructure in Rural South Africa| author =Nick Fuchs, Stuart Withycombe, John Anderson| date =September 2018| publisher =40th IABSE Symposium}}</ref> |- |[[File:Bloukrans Bridge-001.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Bloukrans Bridge]]||{{convert|272|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|451|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A272|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Bloukrans River (Garden Route)|Bloukrans River]]''</small></center>||1984||[[Nature's Valley]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|58|0.1|S|23|38|42.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont de Bloukrans}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]<br />[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/bloukrans-bridge | title=Bloukrans Bridge }}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Mtentu Bridge]]<br /><small>''project''</small>||{{convert|260|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|1132|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|BG260|[[Box girder bridge|Box girder]]<br />Prestressed concrete<br />150+260+150}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Mtentu River]]''</small></center>||2024||[[Lundini]]<br /><small>{{Coord|31|10|43.3|S|29|55|42.9|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont de Mtentu}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref name="Msikaba and Mtentu"/> |- |[[File:IMC-EC0-00232G (25655578858).jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Van Stadens Bridge]]||{{convert|198|m|ft|abbr=on}}||||<small>{{Sort|A198|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Van Stadens River]]''</small></center>||1971||[[Thomhill]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|54|32.6|S|25|11|49.3|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont Van Stadens}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/van-stadens-bridge | title=Van Stadens Bridge}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Groot River Bridge]]||{{convert|189|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|301|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A189|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Groot River (Western Cape)|Groot River]]''</small></center>||1983||[[Nature's Valley]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|56|19.9|S|23|33|23.6|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont sur la Groot}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/groot-river-bridge | title=Groot River Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:Johannesburg from Braamfontein 12-09-crop.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Nelson Mandela Bridge]]||{{convert|176|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|284|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|C176|[[Cable-stayed bridge|Cable-stayed]]<br />Composite steel/concrete deck, steel pylons}}</small>||<center><small> <br />'' ''</small></center>||2003||[[Johannesburg]]<br /><small>{{Coord|26|11|48.7|S|28|2|3|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont Nelson Mandela}}</small>||[[Gauteng]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/nelson-mandela-bridge | title=Nelson Mandela Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:Gouritz River Bridges2.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Gouritz River Bridge]]||{{convert|170|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|210|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|B170|Batter-post rigid frame<br />Concrete}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Gourits River]]''</small></center>||1976||[[Mossel Bay]]<br /><small>{{Coord|34|11|9.3|S|21|45|9.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont de Mozel-Bay sur la Gouritz}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/gouritz-river-bridge | title=Gouritz River Bridge}}</ref> |- | ||_row_count||[[Bobbejaans Bridge]]||{{convert|165|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|286|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A165|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Bobbejaans River]]''</small></center>||1983||[[Nature's Valley]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|55|58.9|S|23|32|0.7|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont sur la Bobbejaans}}</small>||[[Western Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/bobbejaans-river-bridge | title=Bobbejaans River Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:Rbosch 139 (25639097188).jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[Paul Sauer Bridge]]||{{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}}||||<small>{{Sort|A100|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Concrete deck arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road N2.svg|30px]]<br />[[N2 (South Africa)|National route N2]]<br />''[[Storms River]]''</small></center>||1956||[[Stormsrivier]]<br /><small>{{Coord|33|58|6.6|S|23|55|53.6|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Pont Paul Sauer}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]||<ref group=S>{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/paul-sauer-bridge | title=Paul Sauer Bridge}}</ref> |- |[[File:20200114 Mtamvuna bridge.jpg|150px]]||_row_count||[[C. H. Mitchell Bridge]]|| {{convert|206|m|ft|abbr=on}}||{{convert|210|m|ft|abbr=on}}||<small>{{Sort|A|[[Arch bridge|Arch]]<br />Steel through arch}}</small>||<center><small>[[File:SA road R61.svg|30px]]<br />[[R61 (South Africa)|Provincial Route R61]]<br />''[[Mtamvuna River]]''</small></center>||1966||[[Mbizana Local Municipality]] - [[Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal|Port Edward]]<br /><small>{{coord|31|04|31.4|S|30|11|33.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Umtamvuna Mitchell Bridge}}</small>||[[Eastern Cape]]<br />[[KwaZulu-Natal]]|| |}

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

• Others references

• Transport in South Africa
• List of crossings of the Orange River

• Highestbridges.com Category: Bridges in South Africa
• Bridgemeister.com - Suspension bridges of South Africa

• Prade, Marcel (1990). Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.