The Takutu River Bridge ( pt, Ponte do Rio Tacutu) is a bridge across the
Takutu River
The Takutu River (Takatu River, Tacutu River) is a river in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana and Roraima in Brazil. It forms part of the boundary between the two countries. The confluence of the Takutu and Uraricoera Rivers form ...
, linking
Lethem in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
to
Bonfim in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It was completed in 2009 and opened on 31 July 2009. Its official inauguration was on 14 September 2009, in the presence of leaders of both countries.
It cost US$5 million and was paid for by Brazil.
The bridge was a project within the
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Bridge over Río Takutu
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The bridge is the only instance in the Americas of a land border where drivers must change from driving on the left
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes referred to ...
(in Guyana) to driving on the right (in Brazil), or vice versa. The changeover is achieved by means of a crossover bridge on the Guyanese side.
See also
* List of bridges in Guyana
Guyana is known as the "Land of many rivers", so bridges are an important aspect of the country's transportation infrastructure. Guyana suffers from infrastructural weakness, and many bridges were poorly built or have failed to receive proper main ...
References
External links
*http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/guyana_rel_1991.pdf
Commentary: Guyana and Brazil - Bridging for good times
- February 13, 2009 - Caribbean Net News
International bridges
Brazil–Guyana border crossings
Bridges in Brazil
Road bridges in Guyana
Bridges completed in 2009
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