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.
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

Valdivia River
 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.
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
Chile Route 5
Chacao Channel
 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
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Yelcho River
Yelcho Lake
 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
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Mayer River
 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
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
General Carrera Lake
 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
Chile Route 7
(Carretera Austral)
Rosselot river
 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


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Notes and references

  1. ^ Historic Monument.[15]
  1. ^ "Loa Viaduct".
  2. ^ "Malleco Viaduct".
  3. ^ "Chacao Channel Bridge".
  4. ^ "Presidente Ibañez Bridge".
  5. ^ "Yelcho Bridge".
  6. ^ "Puente Treng Treng y Kay Kay".
  1. ^ Rosales, Justo Abel (1888). El Puente Cal y Canto [The Cal y Canto Bridge] (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: Historia y Tradiciones. pp. 19, 20. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Loa Viaduct". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Viaducto del Malleco" [Malleco Viaduct]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Marin Vicuna, 1901, p.102-103
  9. ^ González, 2013, p.39
  10. ^ "M 9.5 - 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  11. ^ Steinbrugge, Karl V.; Clough, Ray W. Chilean Earthquakes of May, 1960: A Brief Trip Report (PDF). p. 634. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  12. ^ 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.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ "Definitive design approved for Chacao Bridge". Bridgeweb.com - Bridge Design & Engineering. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "Proyecto Puente Chacao Chiloé" [Chacao Bridge Project - Chiloé]. Puentechacao.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Puente Presidente Ibáñez" [Ibáñez President Bridge]. Monumentos.gob.cl - Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "DYWIDAG Multistrand Stay Cable Systems" (PDF). Addbeton.com. p. 20. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  18. ^ 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. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  19. ^ 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.

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