The Berbice Bridge is a
pontoon bridge
A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry.
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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
Suriname 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. This is due to change in the near future, with plans for a bridge on the Courantyne near
South Drain. The bridge doesn't have a pedestrian crossing.
It is owned by Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated and tolls are set by a Concession Agreement between the government and the company. In 2018, the government took over ownership of the bridge as a reaction to the 360% increase in toll, citing Sections 4 (1) and 11 of the Berbice River Bridge Act in the interest of public safety.
See also
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List of bridges in Guyana
References
External links
Berbice Bridge webpage
Road bridges in Guyana
Pontoon bridges
Toll bridges
New Amsterdam, Guyana
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