The General Manuel Belgrano Bridge ( es, Puente General Manuel Belgrano) is a road

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that joins the

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cities of

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It ha ...

(capital of the

Corrientes Province Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; gn, Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes ( es, Provincia de Corrientes; gn, Taragüí Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (fr ...

in the

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) and Resistencia (capital of Chaco in the Chaco Region) over the course of the

Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...

(near the confluence with the

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). It was opened on May 10, 1973. The bridge joins Corrientes' Provincial Route 12 with Chaco's Provincial Routes 11 and 16. The main part of the bridge measures in length and stands at over the river, with cable-stayed section with spans + + . It has two A-shaped main towers that are high. The road is wide and has two lanes, plus two lateral pedestrian ways, each wide. In 1999 the province of Corrientes was in the midst of a popular uprising, with protestors asking for the resignation of the provincial government. On 1999-12-17 the traffic over the bridge was blocked by demonstrators. The

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intervened to suppress the protest, and killed two people. As of 2006 the investigations about the responsibility for these killings are still in progress.

References

General Belgrano Bridge and Corrientes beach

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Monografias.com
''Provincia de Corrientes''. *
Corrientes Noticias
10 February 2006. ''A seis años de la represión en el Puente General Manuel Belgrano.'' * Cable-stayed bridges in Argentina Bridges completed in 1973 Buildings and structures in Corrientes Province Buildings and structures in Chaco Province Bridges over the Paraná River Buildings and structures in Corrientes {{Argentina-bridge-struct-stub