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The Betsiboka Bridge is a truss bridge over the
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The Betsiboka Bridge is a truss bridge over the Betsiboka River
Betsiboka River is a long river in central-north Madagascar. It flows northwestward and empties to Bombetoka Bay, forming a large delta. It originates to the east of Antananarivo. The river is surrounded in mangroves. The river is distinctive fo ...
, in the district
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of Maevatanana
Maevatanana is an urban municipality in Madagascar. The city is in the central-north part of the island, at the Ikopa River, and is connected by the national road RN 4 to Antananarivo and Mahajanga. The altitude is low and as it is located far ...
, which is a part of Betsiboka Region
Betsiboka is a region of Madagascar. It borders Boeny Region in north, Sofia in northeast, Alaotra-Mangoro in east, Analamanga and Bongolava in south and Melaky in west. The capital of the region is Maevatanana. Until 2009 Betsiboka belonged t ...
, Madagascar. It is one of the longest bridge on the island, appr. 350 meters long.
History
The first bridge was one of the threesuspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
s erected in Madagascar by the French company ''G. Leinekugel Le Cocq & Fils'' between 1931 and 1934.
It was destroyed in World War II
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and, thereafter, replaced by the present truss bridge which was refurbished in 1980 and rehabilitated in 2015./ref>
See also
*List of rivers of Madagascar
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