Cuscatlán Bridge (1942)
Cuscatlán Bridge Puente Cuscatlán | |
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 President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez at the inauguration of the bridge. | |
| Coordinates | 13°36′38″N 88°34′02″W / 13.61056°N 88.56722°W |
| Crossed | Lempa River |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Cemented ash, stone |
| Total length | 820 feet (250 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 June 1942 |
| Inaugurated | 6 June 1942 |
| Collapsed | 1 January 1984 |
| Closed | 1 January 1984 |
| Replaced by | Cuscatlán Bridge |
| Location | |
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The Cuscatlán Bridge (Spanish: Puente Cuscatlán) was a suspension bridge which spanned across the Lempa River in El Salvador. The bridge connected the departments of San Vicente and Usulután from its opening on 6 June 1942 until it was destroyed in a bombing by militants of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front on 1 January 1984 during the Salvadoran Civil War.[1][2] The bridge used to be a part of the Pan-American Highway and was one of the major infrastructure projects ordered by President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.[1] After the bridge was destroyed, it was rebuilt in 1998 at the cost of 9 million dollars and it remains standing today.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Cuscatlan Bridge in El Salvador". Nature. 152 (3857): 381–382. 2 October 1943. Bibcode:1943Natur.152S.381.. doi:10.1038/152381c0. S2CID 4073974.
- ^ "El Puente Cuscatlán fue derribado un día como hoy en 1984". El Salvador.com. 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Puente Cuscatlán de nuevo en pie". 28 May 1998.
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