Coppename Bridge
Bridge in North-west Suriname
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The Coppename Bridge (Dutch: Coppenamebrug) is a bridge over the Coppename River in Suriname, part of the East-West Link.
Coppename Bridge | |
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The Coppename Bridge on the mouth of the Coppename River | |
| Coordinates | 5°46′19″N 55°53′45″W |
| Carries | 2-lane wide highway (East-West Link) |
| Crosses | Coppename River |
| Locale | North-west Suriname |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 1,570 m |
| History | |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Coppename Bridge | |
The bridge links Jenny in the Coronie District with Boskamp in the Saramacca District. It was opened in 1999, a year before the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge opened in Paramaribo.[1]
Further upstream there is a second (Bailey) bridge over the Coppename River, near Bitagron, built in the 1970s.[2]
