Monday, May 10, 2010

Argentina - Chaco-Corrientes Bridge 查科-科連特斯大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1974-09-14 

Chaco-Corrientes Bridge (aka General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, General Belgrano Bridge) connects Resistencia, capital city of Chaco and Corrientes, capital city of Corrientes Province in Argentina over the Parana River near the confluence with the Paraguay River.
Serving as a natural border between Corrientes Province and Chaco Province, the bridge was designed by Jean Courbon, built in 1968, opened on May 10, 1973, and rehabilitated in 1998. The bridge is a 1700 meters long roadway that consists of a main cable-stayed bridge with two A-shaped main towers 83 meters high, a central span of 245 meters, two 163.5 meters lateral spans, and viaducts. The road is two-laned and 8.3 meters wide, plus two lateral walkway, each 1.8 meters wide.


查科-科連特斯大橋(又名曼努埃‧爾貝爾格拉諾將軍大橋,貝爾格拉諾將軍大橋)連接阿根廷的雷西斯滕西亞市(查科省府)和科連特斯市(科連特斯省府),橫跨巴拉那河,近巴拉圭河交匯處。
這座橋是由約翰‧庫爾邦設計的斜拉索橋,猶如是科連特斯省和查科省的自然分界。建於1968年,1973年5月10日揭幕,1998年復修。橋長1700公尺,其兩個A型主塔高83公尺,屹立河面35公尺,中央跨度為245公尺,兩側跨為163.5公尺。雙線車道寬8.3公尺,外加兩側行人道各寬1.8公尺。

1 comment:

Dorincard said...

Mesopotamia? :)
Great MC, like most all of yours!