Withstood the Hurricane, but Not the River Change: How a 190-Meter Bridge Was Cut Off From the Road

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The Choluteca Bridge in Honduras remained standing after the devastating floods of 1998, but the waters washed away access roads and changed the riverbed.

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There are bridges that endure hurricanes and bridges that are left without a river. Choluteca achieved both in 1998. Honduras decided in the late 1990s to build a second step on the Choluteca River to decongest the traffic that entered the city. The project, financed with Japanese money and executed by Hazama Ando, promised to be a work proof of Caribbean typhoons. What no one anticipated is that the river also had its own plans. A Japanese brid…