Pedro de Valdivia Bridge

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge
View of Pedro de Valdivia Bridge from Isla Teja during night.
Coordinates39°48′41″S 73°14′56″W / 39.8115°S 73.249°W / -39.8115; -73.249
CrossesValdivia River
LocaleValdivia, Chile and Isla Teja
Official namePuente Pedro de Valdivia
Maintained byValdivia municipality [1]
Characteristics
DesignArch
History
Opened1954
Location
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Pedro de Valdivia Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Valdivia River. It connects downtown Valdivia with Teja Island, which houses the main campus of the Austral University of Chile. Together with Río Cruces Bridge it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla.

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge is named in honour of the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. It was opened in 1954 and survived the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the greatest earthquake ever recorded,[1] while many nearby buildings collapsed. In the months after the earthquake it also survived the effects of the Riñihuazo flood.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey (March 7, 2006). Historic Earthquakes - Chile - 1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC - Magnitude 9.5: The Largest Earthquake in the World. Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-01-09


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