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La Hacienda Corinto Suspended Pedestrian Footbridge
Project # 077

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Location: Zaragoza, El Salvador
Community Name: La Hacienda Corinto
Bridge Sponsor: FoxFire Mountain, Bangs-Russell Foundation
Partners: Washington State University EWB Chapter
Volunteers: Ligia Fuentes, B2P - Greg Black, Duke University students - Jennifer Hewitt, Lee Gilbert, Kathryn Latham, Neil Gallagher, David Raudales
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River Name: Rio El Jute
Bridge Name: La Hacienda Corinto
Bridge Span: 35 meters
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspended

Population Served by Bridge: 500 families
Bridge Story: The entire community of La Hacienda Corinto is cut off from the main highway and the municipality of Zaragoza during the rainy season, and the children from the surrounding communities can not get to the school at La Hacienda Corinto when the El Jute river floods.

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Mission Statement. Bridges To Prosperity is a volunteer based charity that seeks to empower poor African, Asian and South American rural communities through footbridge building, thereby advancing personal responsibility, community public works, economic prosperity, and access to schools, clinics, jobs, and markets.

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