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General Information

Completion: 20 May 2000
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: ,
Crosses:
  • Suriname River
Coordinates: 5° 48' 21.25" N    55° 9' 42.07" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 155 m
total length 1 504 m

Materials

deck prestressed concrete
piers reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge (Dutch: Jules Wijdenboschbrug), also called Suriname bridge and known locally as Bosje Brug, is a bridge over the Suriname River between the capital city Paramaribo and Meerzorg in the Commewijne District. The bridge is part of the East-West Link, and is named after former president Jules Wijdenbosch. Constructed by Dutch constructor Ballast-Nedam, the bridge has two lanes, is 1504 metres long, and was opened on 20 May 2000.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Construction engineers
Co-contractor
Formwork

Relevant Web Sites

  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20004654
  • Published on:
    23/08/2002
  • Last updated on:
    08/12/2016
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