Angostura Bridge
Angostura Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. The Spanish word Angostura means "narrows". Built in 1967 at a cost of US$35million, the bridge has a total length of 1,678.50 meters, a distance of 1,272 meters between the two towers, and a main span of 712 meters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge near Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Puente Angostura”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciudad Bolívar.
Ciudad Bolívar
Photo: Venecon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about 1 mile in width, is the site of the first bridge across the river, and is a major riverport for the eastern regions of Venezuela.
Angostura Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge and transportation
- Location: Heres Municipality, Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
8.14472° or 8° 8′ 41″ northLongitude
-63.59782° or 63° 35′ 52″ westElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
67WR4CV2+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 936542874OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tatar—“Angostura Bridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pont d’Angostura”
- Chinese: “安哥斯度拉大桥”
- Chinese: “安哥斯度拉大橋”
- Chinese: “安格斯图拉大桥”
- Chinese: “安格斯圖拉大橋”
- Chinese: “耶尔巴布埃纳岛”
- Chinese: “耶爾巴布埃納島”
- Danish: “Angosturabroen”
- French: “pont d’Angostura”
- French: “Pont d’Angostura”
- German: “Puente de Angostura”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Angostura”
- Japanese: “アンゴスチュラ橋”
- Japanese: “アンゴストゥラ橋”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angosturabrua”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Angostura”
- Spanish: “puente de Angostura”
- Spanish: “Puente de Angostura”
- Tatar: “Ангостура күпере”
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