List of bridges in Kenya

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Major bridges

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
1 Mombasa Gate Bridge
project		 660 m (2,170 ft) 1,400 m (4,600 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel box girder deck
330+660+330
A14
Kilindini Harbour
 Likoni - Mombasa Island
4°04′17.5″S 39°39′17.3″E / 4.071528°S 39.654806°E / -4.071528; 39.654806 (Mombasa Gate Bridge)		 Coast Province [S 1]
[1]
Aerial Nyali bridge.jpg 2 Nyali Bridge 150 m (490 ft) 391 m (1,283 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
90+150+90
Mombasa–Garissa Road
Tudor Creek
 1980 Mombasa - Mombasa Island
4°02′34.1″S 39°40′20.9″E / 4.042806°S 39.672472°E / -4.042806; 39.672472 (Nyali Bridge)		 Coast Province [S 2]
[2]
3 Mtwapa Bridge 112 m (367 ft) 192 m (630 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
40+112+40
Mombasa–Garissa Road
Mtwapa Creek
 1980 Mtwapa - Mombasa
3°57′19.0″S 39°44′29.7″E / 3.955278°S 39.741583°E / -3.955278; 39.741583 (Mtwapa Bridge)		 Coast Province [S 3]
[2]
Kilifi Bridge 1991.jpg 4 Kilifi Bridge 420 m (1,380 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Mombasa–Garissa Road
Voi River
 1991 Kilifi - Mnarani
3°38′10.6″S 39°50′54.5″E / 3.636278°S 39.848472°E / -3.636278; 39.848472 (Kilifi Bridge)		 Coast Province [S 4]
[2]
5 Nairobi National Park Super Major Bridge 6,500 m (21,300 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway
Nairobi National Park
 2017 Nairobi
1°22′14.3″S 36°51′33.7″E / 1.370639°S 36.859361°E / -1.370639; 36.859361 (Nairobi National Park Super Major Bridge)		 Nairobi [3]

References

  • Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
  1. ^ "Mombasa Gate Bridge".
  2. ^ "New Nyali Bridge".
  3. ^ "Mtwapa Bridge".
  4. ^ "Kilifi Bridge".
  • Others references
  1. ^ "Feasibility Study in the Mombasa Gate Bridge Construction Project, Mombasa County" (PDF). Japan International Cooperation Agency. Kenya National Highways Authority. March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Basic Design Study Report on the Project for Improvement of the New Nyali Bridge and the Mtwapa Bridge in the Republic of Kenya" (PDF). Japan International Cooperation Agency. Ministry of Roads and Public Works of Kenya. August 2000.
  3. ^ "Kenya's extended modern railway almost complete". xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019.

See also

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

External links

"History and Development of Bridges in Kenya". kenyaengineer.co.ke. Archived from the original on May 2012.

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