The Betsiboka Bridge is a truss bridge over the Betsiboka River, in the district of Maevatanana, which is a part of Betsiboka Region, Madagascar. It is one of the longest bridge on the island, appr. 350 meters long.

History The first bridge was one of the three suspension bridges erected in Madagascar by the French company G. Leinekugel Le Cocq & Fils between 1931 and 1934.Les ponts suspendus conçus, édifiés ou reconstruits par Gaston Leinekugel-le-Cocq de 1924 à 1950 on timbresponts.frA.C.: Les grands ponts de Madagascar et la technique nouvelle des ponts suspendus. In: Le Génie Civil, tome CVI, n° 2 of 12 January 1935, No. 2735, pp. 46–47 (online on Gallica)

It was destroyed in World War II and, thereafter, replaced by the present truss bridge which was refurbished in 1980 and rehabilitated in 2015.RN4 : Le pont de Betsiboka inauguré hier

See also List of rivers of Madagascar

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