The Salto Grande Dam is a large

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on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries. The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen

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turbines, totaling the installed capacity to . The dam passes approximately of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at . The

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has a total area of , while its maximum dimensions are .

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Salto Grande Bridge The Salto Grande Bridge is a road and railroad bridge that crosses the Uruguay River and joins Argentina and Uruguay. It is built on top of the Salto Grande Dam. The bridge runs between Concordia, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, and Salto, Salt ...

over the dam

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