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GUYANA



                          BERBICE BRIDGE

                          Completed 2008. Spans 5,153.277 feet

                           (1,571 m).
                          Located near New Amsterdam in Guyana.

                          Demerara Harbour Bridge.

                          Completed 1978. Spans 6,074 feet (1,851 m).
                          Located immediately south of Georgetown, Guyana, it is constructed

                           with steel pontoon units and is the fourth longest floating bridge in the world.









               INDIA




                          HOWRAH BRIDGE.
                          Completed 1874.

                          Decommissioned 1943

                          This bridge,
                           connected Howrah and Calcutta on opposite

                           banks of Hooghly River, was built using timber on pontoon and was opened to let
                           river traffic through.























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