Coppename_Bridge

Coppename Bridge

Coppename Bridge

Bridge in North-west Suriname

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

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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. [1]
    "Een brug van beton". Trouw (in Dutch). 30 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Gladjes naar West-Suriname". Parbode (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 March 2021.

5°46′19″N 55°53′45″W
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