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