The Denham Suspension Bridge, also known as the Garraway Stream Bridge is a

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linking

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Bartica Bartica is a town located on the west bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana. It is the regional capital of Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Considered th ...

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was constructed over the

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in an area known as Garraway Stream by a Scottish civil engineer and general contractor, John Aldi, on 6 November 1933. The namesake for the bridge was the Governor of British Guiana (1930–1935), Sir

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(1876–1938), who opened the bridge with golden scissors according to the ''

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''. The bridge and path was meant to shorten the journey to the Potaro gold fields by five days. Miners would later call the bridge the Cassandra Crossing. In January 2020, the bridge was rehabilitated and reopened for light vehicles up to 10 tonnes. The bridge has been declared a regional monument.

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The Bridge to El Dorado: The Story of the Denham Suspension Bridge
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