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Puente Francisco de Paula Santander

General Information

Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
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Coordinates: 7° 54' 59" N    72° 27' 46" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

width 7.3 m
length 210 m

Materials

deck composite steel-reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge (Spanish:Puente internacional Francisco de Paula Santander) is a road bridge connecting Colombia with Venezuela across the Táchira River. One of five bridges across the border between the two countries, it is about 210 meters long, with two lanes of traffic and a width of 7.3 meters.

It connects Cúcuta in North Santander, Colombia and Ureña in Táchira, Venezuela. It is named after Francisco de Paula Santander.

In 2019 the bridge was physically blocked by the Venezuelan Army.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20065237
  • Published on:
    16/05/2013
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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