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Puente Atirantado
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Description
Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila led the opening ceremony of the project, which cost $ 31 million. The bridge is 703 meters long and is supported by two diamond-shaped towers and 96 fan-shaped cables. Few days after inaugurated the bridge, took out the marathon "Carrera 10K del Chango sobre el Puente Atirantado" where all proceeds would go to help families of the people of Naranjito. (Wikipedia)Facts
- Overview
- Cable-stayed bridge over Río de La Plata on PR-5
- Location
- Naranjito, Puerto Rico, and Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2008
- Design
- Cable-stayed
- Dimensions
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Total length: 2,306.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 95.8 ft.
- Also called
- Puente Jesús Izcoa Moure
Puente Colgante
Puente La Plata - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +18.32342, -66.20859 (decimal degrees)
18°19'24" N, 66°12'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/795057/2028229 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Naranjito
- Inventory number
- BH 63609 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 19, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- September 3, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added image posted to the forum by Liz
- October 13, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added category "First of its kind", as the bridge is the first cable-stayed in the Carribean.
- October 13, 2014: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Dana and Kay Klein
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