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Chaypara Suspended Pedestrian Footbridge
Project # 019
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USA Sponsor: The Rotary Clubs of Seattle, Alderwood Terrace, Lynnwood, Gloucester Point, Gloucester, and the Rotary Foundation.
Peru Sponsor: Municipality of La Merced
Local Commujnity Sponsor: Community of Chaypara
Dedication: Signe Ostby & Scott Cook Family and the Valhalla Farms Alpacas
Trainees: District engineers from La Merced; Engineers from FONCODES.
Bridge Name: Mantaro River Suspended Footbridge
River Name: Mantaro River
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspended
Bridge Span: 137 meters / 450 feet
Population Served by Bridge: Approximately 600 families or +/- 3,000 people.
Bridge Story: The Rio Mantaro is one of the largest in Peru which for most of its long stretch is deep and swift year-round. In Huancavelica, the Rio Mantaro takes a rest for a mile stretching out across a wide plain and slowing down - for most of the year. When the rains come she is as dangerous as she can be in the deeper areas and denies passage for any who might want to cross; and the community of Chaypara would like to cross. They grow fruits across the River from the main highway, or from any road access and cross the river at her shallowest parts for most of the year. When the rains come their fruit remains on the other side with no way of reaching eager consumers and tons of melons and mangoes rot every year. The community would rather make money from their crops and so they'll build a bridge with the help of their local government and Bridges To Prosperity.
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Project # 019 - Chaypara Suspended Pedestrian FootbridgeCompleted Bridge Project Registration
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