Coppename Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Coppename Bridge
Carries:2-lane wide highway (East-West Link)
Crosses:Coppename River
Locale:North-west Suriname
Length:1,570 m
Open:1999

The Coppename Bridge (Dutch: Coppenamebrug) is a bridge over the Coppename River in Suriname, part of the East-West Link.

The bridge links Jenny in the Coronie District with Boskamp in the Saramacca District. It was opened in 1999, a year before the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge opened in Paramaribo.[1]

Further upstream there is a second (Bailey) bridge over the Coppename River, near Bitagron, built in the 1970s.[2]

References

  1. News: Een brug van beton . Trouw. 26 March 2021. 30 June 1999. nl.
  2. Gladjes naar West-Suriname . Parbode. 26 March 2021. nl.

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