Puente Higuamo

[NALs]

This I found in the travel news section:

Higuamo Bridge all ready to go

The modern new bridge over the Higuamo River in San Pedro de Macoris is finished and awaiting official inauguration by the President, but has not yet been opened to traffic. Public Works Minister Freddy Perez told Listin Diario that he tried to schedule the launch for December, but the event was postponed until later this month. The bridge, some 606 meters long, cost over RD$900 million to complete. It will bring together the Autovia del Este and the San Pedro beltway and greatly ease traffic flow in the area. The opening of the Higuamo Bridge will shave off about 10 minutes for both east and westbound journeys.

The following photos shows the handsome Puente Higuamo a few kilometers north of San Pedro de Macoris.


Source: Clave Digital


Source: SEOPC screensaver (available at Secretaría de Estado de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones)

POLL QUESTION: ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5 WITH 1 BEING IMPRESSIVE AND 5 HORRIBLE, HOW WOULD YOU RATE THIS NEWEST ADDITION TO THE DOMINICAN INFRASTRUCTURE?

-NALs

[vince1956]

Very impressive

[Chirimoya]

I'm impressed.

[holacanada]

Very modern ! Like some super bridges in Europe.
It's look like the Sunshine Skyway bridge near Tampa St-Pete's beach (FLA).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge

Holacanada POP in 54 hours

[apdomini100max]

The bridge looks quite impressive to me especially for a country like the Dominican Republic

[Don Juan]

Holy platanos! This may be the most beautiful bridge I've ever seen! Who built it?
Excuse me while I heave a sigh of pride! Aaaaah! my country, my love.

[chuckuindy]

I hope this will save me time on my trips from La Romana to the Capital.

Chuckuindy

[vince1956]

Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez will inaugurate tomorrow Friday the bridge across the Higuamo river, in San Pedro province, built by the Public Works Ministry at a cost surpassing RD$1 billion.

The structure’s 626 meter span makes it the longest suspension bridge of the Caribbean, and one of most modern works of that nature in the region.

The ceremony is scheduled for the 5:00 PM and Public Works minister Freddy Perez will deliver the central speech.

It is built to resist hurricane winds of up to 240 KPH.

It’s the Dominican East region’s most imposing road structure and is part of the Eastern Motorway, Perez said in a Presidency’s Press Office