Río Cruces Bridge is a triangular

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

spanning

Cruces River The Cruces River ( es, Río Cruces) is a river in south-central Chile. Río Cruces originates from hills near the Villarica volcano and flows then in south-west direction. The southern and final part of the river flows in a south-south-west di ...

that unites

Isla Teja Teja island (Spanish ''isla Teja'') is an island in the city of Valdivia, Chile, surrounded by three rivers: Cau-Cau River, Cau-Cau river to the north, Cruces River, Cruces river to the west and Valdivia River, Valdivia river to the southeast. Pri ...

from

Torobayo Torobayo is a suburb of Valdivia, Chile. It lies west of Isla Teja and connects to the city through Río Cruces Bridge. History and geography A former agriculture focused area outside of Valdivia, it became an industrial and residential spac ...

, a sub-urban area of

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...

. Together with

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

(built in 1954) it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla. Before the opening of Río Cruces Bridge the main access to Niebla was via a ferry from La Mulatas to Torobayo. Other areas that benefited from the bridge were

Punucapa Punucapa (from Mapudungun ''Cunucapi'', black/fertile earth for legumes) is a hamlet ( es, caserío) of pre-Hispanic origin in Los Ríos Region, Chile. Its isolated location by the Cruces River and the Valdivian Coastal Range has made the village ...

and

Curiñanco Curiñanco is a coastal village in the Los Ríos Region of Chile belonging to the ''comuna'' of Valdivia. It is located on the stretch of coast between the estuary of the Valdivia River and that of the Lingue River. It has a current population of 2 ...

. It was built from December 1984 to February 1987.

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