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Coppename Bridge

The Coppename Bridge is a bridge over the Coppename River in Suriname, part of the East-West Link.

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Coppename Bridge
The Coppename Bridge on the mouth of the Coppename River
Coordinates5°46′19″N 55°53′45″W / 5.7719°N 55.8958°W / 5.7719; -55.8958
Carries2-lane wide highway (East-West Link)
CrossesCoppename River
LocaleNorth-west Suriname
Characteristics
Total length1,570 m
History
Opened1999
Location
Map
Interactive map of Coppename Bridge

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

References

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

5°46′19″N 55°53′45″W / 5.77194°N 55.89583°W / 5.77194; -55.89583