List of bridges in Iran
Historical and architectural interest bridges
Major bridges
| Name | Persian | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian Gulf Bridge under construction |
پل خلیج فارس | 360 m (1,180 ft)(x3) | 3,430 m (11,250 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel box girder deck, concrete pylons (180+360+180)x3 |
Road-rail bridge Clarence Strait |
Bandar e Pol–Qeshm Island 26°57′44.9″N 55°45′16.8″E / 26.962472°N 55.754667°E |
Hormozgan | [23] | ||
| 2 | Karun 4 Arch Bridge | پل قوسی کارون 4 | 300 m (980 ft) | 378 m (1,240 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch |
2015 | Kabusi 31°38′28.9″N 50°29′22.7″E / 31.641361°N 50.489639°E |
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | [24] [25] | ||
| 3 | Sebalootak Bridge | پل ترکه ای سه بلوطک | 260 m (850 ft) | 416 m (1,365 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 105+260+51 |
2020 | Zaras 31°35′26.6″N 50°16′31.1″E / 31.590722°N 50.275306°E |
Khuzestan | [26] | ||
| 4 | Lali Bridge | پل لالی | 256 m (840 ft) | 460 m (1,510 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 102+256+102 |
2011 | Lali 32°15′49.3″N 49°04′40.9″E / 32.263694°N 49.078028°E |
Khuzestan | [S 19] [27] [28] [29] | ||
| 5 | Karun 3 Dam Bridge | سد کارون 3 | 252 m (827 ft) | 336 m (1,102 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch |
2005 | Bajool 31°46′55.0″N 50°07′07.1″E / 31.781944°N 50.118639°E |
Khuzestan | [30] | ||
| 6 | Ghotour Bridge | پل قطور | 223 m (732 ft) | 443 m (1,453 ft) | Arch Steel truss deck arch |
1970 | Khoy 38°28′40.8″N 44°46′06.4″E / 38.478000°N 44.768444°E |
West Azerbaijan | [S 20] [31] | ||
| 7 | Eighth Ahvaz Bridge | پل هشتم | 212 m (696 ft) | 643 m (2,110 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 78+212+78 |
Road bridge Karun |
2011 | Ahvaz 31°18′50.4″N 48°40′18.4″E / 31.314000°N 48.671778°E |
Khuzestan | [S 21] [32] | |
| 8 | Karun 4 Cable-stayed Bridge | پل ترکه ای کارون 4 | 210 m (690 ft) | 380 m (1,250 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel deck and pylons 46+80+210+43 |
2016 | Morvari 31°44′49.0″N 50°23′34.6″E / 31.746944°N 50.392944°E |
Khuzestan | [33] [34] | ||
| 9 | B1 Bridge under construction |
پل B۱ | 173 m (568 ft) | Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons 97+173+97 |
Karaj 35°49′44.4″N 51°02′10.5″E / 35.829000°N 51.036250°E |
Alborz | [35] | ||||
| 10 | Karun 3 Dam East Bridge | سد کارون 3 | 160 m (520 ft) | 213 m (699 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch |
2005 | Bajool 31°46′45.7″N 50°07′19.4″E / 31.779361°N 50.122056°E |
Khuzestan | [30] | ||
| 11 | Bahrami Bridge | پل کابلی | 150 m (490 ft) | 675 m (2,215 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 72+150+72 |
Shushtar Bypass Road 39 Karun |
2006 | Shushtar 32°02′02.1″N 48°49′19.7″E / 32.033917°N 48.822139°E |
Khuzestan | [S 22] [36] | |
| 12 | Ninth Ahvaz Bridge | پل نهم اهواز | 150 m (490 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 80+150+80 |
Road bridge Karun |
2020 | Ahvaz 31°21′49.0″N 48°41′14.5″E / 31.363611°N 48.687361°E |
Khuzestan | [37] [38] | ||
| 13 | Mared Bridge | پل مارد | 144 m (472 ft) | 384 m (1,260 ft) | Arch Steel tied arch |
Road bridge Karun |
2005 | Khorramshahr 30°25′51.5″N 48°10′36.1″E / 30.430972°N 48.176694°E |
Khuzestan | [39] [40] | |
| 14 | Seventh Ahvaz Bridge | پل هفتم | 140 m (460 ft)(x2) | 490 m (1,610 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 75+140+140+75 |
Road bridge Karun |
1998 | Ahvaz 31°20′05.4″N 48°41′16.0″E / 31.334833°N 48.687778°E |
Khuzestan | [S 23] [41] | |
| 15 | White Bridge | پل اهواز | 136 m (446 ft) | 501 m (1,644 ft) | Arch Steel through arch 136 and 130 m |
Felestin Street - Taleghani Karun |
1936 | Ahvaz 31°19′25.2″N 48°40′36.3″E / 31.323667°N 48.676750°E |
Khuzestan | [S 24] [42] | |
| 16 | Ghaziyan Bridge | پل غازیان | 125 m (410 ft) | 275 m (902 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 50+125+75+25 Twin bridges |
2005 | Bandar-e Anzali 37°27′55.7″N 49°28′05.5″E / 37.465472°N 49.468194°E |
Gilan | [43] | ||
| 17 | Gotvand Bridge | پل گتوند | 125 m (410 ft) | 260 m (850 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 67+125+67 |
Road bridge Karun |
2009 | Gotvand 32°15′38.7″N 48°50′00.7″E / 32.260750°N 48.833528°E |
Khuzestan | [44] | |
| 18 | Sardar Shahid Haj Qasim bridge | پل سردار شهید حاج قاسم | 125 m (410 ft) | 264 m (866 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 73+125+66 |
Baseri Hadi 30°43′37.4″N 52°03′34.7″E / 30.727056°N 52.059639°E |
Fars | [45] | |||
| 19 | Sevom Khordad Bridge | پل سوم خرداد | 120 m (390 ft) | 300 m (980 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 30+30+60+120+6 |
Road bridge Karun |
2005 | Darkhoveyn 30°44′14.6″N 48°24′26.6″E / 30.737389°N 48.407389°E |
Khuzestan | [46] | |
| 20 | Tale Zang Bridge | پل راه آهن تله زنگ | 107 m (351 ft) | 224 m (735 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 67+107+50 |
Dorud-Andimeshk railway Dez River |
2012 | Tale Zang 32°49′31.5″N 48°45′53.3″E / 32.825417°N 48.764806°E |
Khuzestan | [47] | |
| 21 | Imam Hossein Bridge | پل امام حسین | 101 m (331 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons |
Road bridge |
Mashhad 36°19′38.8″N 59°37′26.2″E / 36.327444°N 59.623944°E |
Razavi Khorasan | [48] | |||
| 22 | Karun 1 Dam Bridge | پل کارون 1 | 100 m (330 ft) | 190 m (620 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 45+100+45 |
Road bridge Karun |
2005 | Eslamabad 32°02′06.1″N 49°36′34.7″E / 32.035028°N 49.609639°E |
Khuzestan | [49] | |
| 23 | Second Shushtar Bridge | پل دوم شوشتر | 100 m (330 ft)(x2) | 682 m (2,238 ft) | Arch Steel tied-arch 100+2x76+100 |
Road bridge Karun |
2011 | Shushtar 32°02′57.7″N 48°50′09.8″E / 32.049361°N 48.836056°E |
Khuzestan | [50] [51] | |
| 24 | Urmia Lake Bridge | پل میانگذر دریاچه ارومیه | 100 m (330 ft) | 1,414 m (4,639 ft) | Arch Steel tied-arch |
Urmia–Aq Gonbad 37°47′35.8″N 45°22′27.7″E / 37.793278°N 45.374361°E |
West Azerbaijan | [52] |
See also
- Transport in Iran
- List of roads and highways in Iran
- Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
- Geography of Iran
Notes and references
- Notes
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- ^ "Band-e Kaisar (Shadorvan Bridge)".
- ^ "Old Bridge of Dezful".
- ^ "Kashgan Bridge".
- ^ "Shapouri Bridge".
- ^ "Gavmishan Bridge".
- ^ "Dokhtar Bridge (Kiz Bridge)".
- ^ "Shahrestan Bridge".
- ^ a b "Khoda Afarin Bridge".
- ^ "Marnan Bridge".
- ^ "Sio Seh Pol Bridge".
- ^ "Latidan Bridge".
- ^ "Khajoo Bridge".
- ^ "Sa'adat Abad Bridge".
- ^ "Mohammad Hassan Khan Bridge".
- ^ "Darvazeh Pelleh Bridge".
- ^ "Kheshti Bridge".
- ^ "Pol-e Siah".
- ^ "Veresk Bridge".
- ^ "Tabiat Bridge".
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- ^ "Band-e Kaisar".
- ^ "Old Dezful Bridge".
- ^ "Kavar Bridge".
- ^ "Kashkan Bridge".
- ^ "Shapuri Bridge".
- ^ "Dokhtar Bridge".
- ^ "Shahrestan Bridge".
- ^ "Khoda-Afarin Bridge (13th century)".
- ^ "Marnan Bridge".
- ^ "Allahverdi Khan Bridge".
- ^ "Latidan Bridge".
- ^ "Khaju Bridge".
- ^ "Joui Bridge".
- ^ "Davazdah Cheshmeh Bridge".
- ^ "Ahvaz Rail Bridge".
- ^ "Veresk Bridge".
- ^ "Tabiat Bridge".
- ^ "Meshginshahr Suspension Bridge".
- ^ "Lali Bridge".
- ^ "Ghotour Bridge".
- ^ "Eighth Ahvaz Bridge".
- ^ "Karoon River Bridge".
- ^ "Ali Ibn Mahziar Bridge".
- ^ "Sefid Bridge".
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Further reading
- Mokhlessi, Mohammad-ali (1998). پل های قدیمی ایران [Ancient Bridges of Iran] (in Persian). Tehran: Sazman-i Miraas-i Farhang. ISBN 9646027490.
- Prade, Marcel (1990). "L'Iran". 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. 200–204. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
- MehdiNezhad, Mohammad Reza; AmirKolaee, Ebrahim; Nikbakht, Hesam; PateRoudi, Hossein GholiPour (2014). "Structural Identification of Bridges(Case Study: Mazandaran, Iran)" (PDF). Journal of Civil Engineering and Urbanism. 4 (3). ISSN 2252-0430.
- Shiraazi, Karim; OstadiAsl, Zargham; Sheikhloie, Sheikhloie; Azami, Ahadollah; Hassanimehr, Shahin (July 21, 2012). "Traditionally Sustainability Analyses of Hydraulic-Architectural Bridge Construction in Iran" (PDF). International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 6 (7). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-21.
- Mansour, R. "The impact of ancient history, conflict and globalization on bridge aesthetics in Iran" (PDF).
- El Gemaiey, Gh. (June 2014). "The role of water in Isfahan: a study of samples of bridges and dams on Zâyandé-Rûd" (PDF). Egyptian journal of archaeological & restoration studies. 4 (1): 55-63. doi:10.21608/ejars.2018.7274. ISSN 2090-4940.
- Moravej Torbaty, Khatereh; Pour Naderi, Hosein (2014). "Based on comparative study of historic bridges of Isfahan" (PDF). The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar (in Persian). 10 (27): 61-70. ISSN 1735-9635.
External links
- "Category: Bridges in Iran". Highestbridges.com.
- "List of bridges". Archnet.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-31.
- "Hexa Consulting Engineers Co. - Presentation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2023.