South Drain, also Zuiddrain, is a town in western Suriname. Since the pavement of road section to

Nieuw Nickerie Nieuw Nickerie. Retrieved 17 November 2009. is the third largest city in Suriname with a population estimated at . It is the capital city of the Nickerie district, and the terminus of the East-West Link. Nieuw Nickerie lies on the mouth of the ...

, it is the final destination of the northern East-West Link. The

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

funded the reconstruction, which started in 2007, with 13.2 million euro. The section was opened on 30 April 2010. There is a jeep trail between South Drain and

Apoera Apoera, also Apura, is a town in western Suriname. The village has a population of 777 people as of 2020. It is the final destination of the Southern East-West Link. north-west on the other side of the Courantyne River lies the Guyanese villag ...

, connecting the Northern East-West Link with the Southern East-West Link. Contrary to earlier plans, the pavement of this road is not imminent.

Suriname-Guyana border

Since 1998, the CANAWAIMA ferry connects South Drain with

Moleson Creek Moleson Creek is a community on the Corentyne River in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana, and home to the Guyana-Suriname ferry stelling. It is north of Orealla Mission, south of Corriverton Corriverton is the most easterly town in ...

in Guyana. This is the only legal connection between the two countries, but before the repavement of the road many travelers preferred to take a back-track route. With the completion of the

Berbice Bridge The Berbice Bridge is a pontoon bridge over the Berbice River near New Amsterdam in Guyana. The bridge is tolled and was opened on 23 December 2008. With the completion of the Berbice Bridge, and the earlier completion of the Coppename Bridge ...

in December 2008, and the earlier completion of the Coppename Bridge in 1999, the

Courantyne River The Courantyne/Corentyne/Corantijn River is a river in northern South America in Suriname and Guyana. It is the longest river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana. Its tributarie ...

is the only river between the Guyanese capital of Georgetown and the Surinamese capital of

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname' ...

still left without a bridge. Dagblad Suriname
OW-minister en Ballast Nedam bekijken locatie Corantijnbrug

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Guyana–Suriname border crossings Populated places in Nickerie District {{Suriname-geo-stub