Pedro de Valdivia Bridge

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge

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bridge_name= Pedro de Valdivia Bridge


caption= View of Pedro de Valdivia Bridge from Isla Teja during night.
official_name= Puente Pedro de Valdivia
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crosses= Valdivia River
locale= Valdivia, Chile and Isla Teja
maint= Valdivia municipality [http://www.munivaldivia.cl/]
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design= Arch
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open= 1954
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Pedro de Valdivia Bridge is an arch bridge spanning Valdivia River, that separates downtown Valdivia from Isla Teja island a residential area.Together with Río Cruces Bridge (built in 1987) it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla.

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge is named in honour of the founder of Valdivia the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. It was opened in 1954 and survived the Great Chilean Earthquake, the greatest earthquake ever recorded [U.S. Geological Survey (March 7, 2006). [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1960_05_22.php Historic Earthquakes - Chile - 1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC - Magnitude 9.5: The Largest Earthquake in the World.] Retrieved on 2007-01-09] , while nearby buildings collapsed. After the earthquake it survived the effects of the Riñihuazo, a flooding caused by the earthquake.

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