Bloukrans Bridge
Coordinates: 33 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 23 ° 38 ′ 43 ″ E
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| Convicted | National road N2 | |
| Subjugated | Bloukrans River | |
| place | Nature's Valley | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 451 meters | |
| Longest span | 272 meters | |
| Arrow height | 62 meters | |
| height | 216 meters | |
| planner | Liebenberg & Stander Western Cape (Pty) Ltd | |
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The Bloukrans Bridge is an arch bridge with a free span of 272 m, 40 km east of Plettenberg Bay , South Africa . The bridge, completed in 1984, has a total length of 451 meters and a height of 216 meters above the valley. This makes it the highest bridge in Africa. It is located on the N2 national road along the Garden Route and crosses the Bloukrans River.
It was without falsework from both sides in the cantilever construction, the arc parts were braced on provisional towers.
use
In 1997, a bungee jumping facility opened on the reinforced concrete arch below the roadway at 216 m above ground .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonardo Fernández Troyano: Bridge Engineering. A global perspective. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puentes, Thomas Telford 2003, ISBN 0-7277-3215-3 , p. 340