Lake Maracaibo Bridge

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The Lake Maracaibo Bridge is a major cable-stayed concrete bridge in Venezuela that spans the Tablazo Strait, connecting the city of Maracaibo with the rest of the country and serving as a key symbol of Venezuelan engineering.

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Lake Maracaibo Bridge canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge ⓘ
cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
concrete bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Puente sobre el Lago de Maracaibo ⓘ
carries trunk road ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
connects Maracaibo ⓘ
eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
constructionMaterial reinforced concrete ⓘ
constructionMethod segmental construction ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1957 ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
crosses Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
Tablazo Strait ⓘ
crossesBodyOfWater Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
design cable-stayed ⓘ
designer Riccardo Morandi ⓘ
engineer Riccardo Morandi ⓘ
hasAccident 1964 ship collision ⓘ
hasFunction regional connectivity ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
hasLaneCount 4 ⓘ
hasPiersInWater true ⓘ
hasToll true ⓘ
hasTowers true ⓘ
hasType road bridge ⓘ
heritageSignificance iconic structure of Venezuela ⓘ
length 8.678 km ⓘ
8678 m ⓘ
locatedIn Venezuela ⓘ
Zulia State ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Venezuela ⓘ
locatedOn Tablazo Strait ⓘ
mainSpanLength 235 m ⓘ
maintenanceAuthority Venezuelan government ⓘ
material prestressed concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Rafael Urdaneta ⓘ
numberOfMainSpans 5 ⓘ
numberOfSpans 135 ⓘ
officialName Puente General Rafael Urdaneta ⓘ
openingDate 1962-08-24 ⓘ
partOf Venezuelan road network ⓘ
regionServed Maracaibo metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Maracaibo

western Venezuela ⓘ
symbolOf Venezuelan engineering ⓘ
Zulia State ⓘ
width 17.4 m ⓘ

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Maracaibo → knownFor → Lake Maracaibo Bridge ⓘ