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Jack S. Kenyon Memorial Canada Suspended
Pedestrian Footbridge
Project # 050
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Memorial: Jack S. Kenyon, The Rotary Club of Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, USA
Partners: Helvetas Honduras, World Vision; Municipalities of Belen and La Campa; Community of Cerro Grande
Corporate Partners: PB
Bridge Name: Jack S. Kenyon Memorial Cañada Suspended Bridge
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspended
Bridge Span: 85 meters / 279 feet
Population Served By Bridge: 3000 people
Bridge Story: More than 20 years ago World Vision built a 40m suspended cable bridge joining the municipality of Belen with the municipality of La Campa. The bridge was a life-line of trade between the 2 communities, and continues to be to this day, except that the bridge is now in disrepair. The floods swallow the lower portion and the bridge cannot be crossed. Trade comes to a standstill in those rainy months. This year, World Vision has returned to build a new bridge above the old in cooperation with Bridges to Prosperity, Helvetas Honduras, La Campa and Belen municipalities and the communities who cross the bridge. A safe bridge will be built and trade will go on for another 30 years.
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Project # 050 - Jack S. Kenyon Memorial Canada SuspendedPedestrian Footbridge
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