List of crossings of the Orange River explained

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Orange River. Locations are listed with the left bank (moving downriver) listed first.

In Lesotho, the river is labeled as senqu in OpenStreetMap and as the Orange River in Google Maps.^[1]

Crossings

Crossing	Carries	Location	Coordinates
Lesotho
TBC	A2	Mafeteng and Quthing	-30.3755°N 27.5674°W
Seaka Bridge	B28	Mohale's Hoek and Quthing	-30.3647°N 27.5754°W
Senqu Bridge	C281	Mount Moorosi	-30.2394°N 27.8737°W
Pitsaneng	A5	Mohale's Hoek and Quthing	-30.0265°N 28.2312°W
TBC	Local Road	Mohale's Hoek and Quthing	-30.0256°N 28.2365°W
TBC	D4011	Qacha's Nek District	-30.0569°N 28.4735°W
TBC	D4013	Qacha's Nek District	-30.0528°N 28.6092°W
TBC	A3 (another one nearby)	Mohlanapeng	-29.5944°N 28.7124°W
Polihali Dam		Mokhotlong District	-29.2957°N 28.8567°W
TBC		Mokhotlong District	-29.289°N 28.8741°W
TBC	A1	Sekokong	-29.2903°N 28.9895°W
TBC		Numolani	-29.0609°N 29.0555°W
Eastern Cape – Free State boundary, South Africa
Majaphuthi Bridge	R726	Walaza	-30.4055°N 27.3381°W
General Hertzog Bridge	N6	Aliwal North	-30.6856°N 26.7053°W
Frere Bridge	Dreunberg–Sannaspos railway line		-30.6877°N 26.6971°W
Hennie Steyn Bridge	Cape Eastern main line railway and R390	Bethulie	-30.5314°N 26.0234°W
Gariep Dam	Local road	Oranjekrag	-30.6233°N 25.5068°W
Gariep Bridge	R701		-30.626°N 25.5008°W
Northern Cape – Free State boundary, South Africa
Norvalspont Road Bridge	Local road	Norvalspont	-30.6212°N 25.4648°W
Norvalspont Railway Bridge	Free State main line railway		-30.6211°N 25.4646°W
N1 Orange River Bridge	N1		-30.5849°N 25.4195°W
JJ Serfontein Bridge	R717		-30.5033°N 25.2007°W
Vanderkloof Dam	Local road	Vanderkloof	-29.9914°N 24.7318°W
Vanderkloof Bridge	Local road		-29.9918°N 24.7241°W
Havenga Bridge	R48		-29.9107°N 24.6363°W
Fluitjieskraal Bridge	Local road	Orania	-29.7897°N 24.4106°W
Northern Cape, South Africa
Orange River Station Bridge	Cape main line railway	Orange River Station	-29.6467°N 24.203°W
Hopetown Bridge	N12	Hopetown	-29.5991°N 24.1105°W
Old Wagon Bridge	Local road	near Hopetown	-29.5711°N 24.0729°W
Marksdrift Bridge	R357	near Douglas	-29.1618°N 23.6936°W
Frans Loots Bridge	R386	Prieska	-29.6565°N 22.7458°W
Riley Bridge	R383	Westerberg and Koegas	-29.3148°N 22.3456°W
Groblershoop Bridge	N8	Groblershoop	-28.8792°N 21.9872°W
Sishen–Saldanha Railway Bridge	Sishen–Saldanha railway line	near Wegdraai	-28.7876°N 21.8815°W
Grootdrink Bridge	Local road	Grootdrink	-28.5636°N 21.7647°W
Upington Railway Bridge	De Aar–Karasburg railway line	Upington	-28.4549°N 21.2597°W
Old Upington Bridge	Footpath		-28.4649°N 21.2432°W
Upington Bridge	N10		-28.4651°N 21.2429°W
Eendrag Bridge and Manie Conradie Bridge	Local road	Kanoneiland	-28.6479°N 21.1018°W and -28.6361°N 21.0902°W
Keimoes Bridge	R27	Keimoes	-28.7286°N 20.9854°W
Kakamas Bridge	N14	Kakamas and Lutzburg	-28.7557°N 20.6223°W
Kakamas Railway Bridge	Kakamas branch line railway		-28.7554°N 20.6205°W
Blouputs Bridge	Local road	Blouputs and Riemvasmaak	-28.5134°N 20.1855°W
South Africa – Namibia border
Johan Conradie Bridge	R358 / C10	Onseepkans and Velloorsdrift	-28.7352°N 19.3054°W
DF Malan Bridge	N7 / B1	Vioolsdrif and Noordoewer	-28.7655°N 17.6263°W
Octha Ferry	Light vehicles (pontoon ferry)	Sendelingsdrif (ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park)	-28.1227°N 16.8898°W
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer Bridge	Local road	Alexander Bay and Oranjemund	-28.5636°N 16.5028°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: OpenStreetMap . 2024-12-04 . OpenStreetMap . en.