Suspension Bridges Crossing Mantaro River
This is a list of all 28 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Mantaro River . Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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Bridgemeister ID: 7764 (added 2023-08-05)Year Completed: 1975 Name: Mayoc Location: Mayoc, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.813461 S 74.385250 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular Status: Removed Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1
At former location of Mayoc - Mayoc, Peru . The 1975 bridge replaced the concrete arch bridge destroyed by the same 1974 flood that destroyed the older suspension bridge.
Bridgemeister ID: 7766 (added 2023-08-15)Year Completed: 2023 Name: Interregional Unión Mantaro Also Known As: Mapirunto Location: Unión Mantaro, Ayacucho and José Olaya, Junin, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.282444 S 74.092333 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular Status: In use (last checked: 2023) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1 x 155.5 meters (510.2 feet)
Facebook . Images of plans for the bridge. Posted May 6, 2019.Facebook . Images of early construction progress. Posted May 28, 2022.Facebook . Images of construction progress. Posted December 19, 2022.Facebook . Images of construction progress. Posted December 25, 2022.Facebook . Aerial view of construction progress. Posted December 31, 2022.Facebook . Images of construction progress. Posted January 4, 2023.Facebook . Post announcing construction is 99% complete. Posted January 7, 2023.
Bridgemeister ID: 5959 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (footbridge) Location: Parco, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.815734 S 75.619887 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Footbridge Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire Suspended Spans: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 5960 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (footbridge) Location: Parco, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.807273 S 75.597316 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Footbridge Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 5962 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (footbridge) Location: Parco, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.798440 S 75.593111 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Footbridge Status: Extant (last checked: 2021) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Main Span: 1
The structure(s) at this location may be two separate but adjacent suspended pipelines.
Bridgemeister ID: 5954 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (pipeline bridge) Location: La Oroya, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.516175 S 75.921634 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Pipeline Status: Extant (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 5963 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (pipeline bridge) Location: La Oroya, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.522438 S 75.897436 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Pipeline Status: Extant (last checked: 2021) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 8820 (added 2024-09-28)Name: (pipeline bridge) Location: La Oroya, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.521500 S 75.905611 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Pipeline Status: Extant (last checked: 2022) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Main Span: 1 x 51 meters (167.3 feet) estimated
Bridgemeister ID: 5957 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: Chacapalpa, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.724032 S 75.752205 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular (one-lane) Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1 x 49 meters (160.8 feet) estimated
Bridgemeister ID: 6195 (added 2021-07-15)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: Cobriza, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.593524 S 74.364851 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Status: Derelict (last checked: 2017) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Main Span: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 6017 (added 2021-07-02)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: Izcuchaca District, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.491460 S 75.007512 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1 x 62 meters (203.4 feet) estimated
Bridgemeister ID: 5955 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: La Oroya, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.516177 S 75.919780 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular (one-lane) Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 2 Main Span: 1 x 35 meters (114.8 feet) estimated Side Span: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 5956 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: La Oroya, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.516305 S 75.918775 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1
Images from 2013 show towers present with no cables or deck. A deck is visible in current (late 2010s or early 2020s, likely) satellite images.
Bridgemeister ID: 5958 (added 2021-06-30)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: Parco, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.815826 S 75.629538 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Status: In use (last checked: 2014) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 5929 (added 2021-06-27)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: San Jerónimo de Tunán, Huancayo, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Use: Vehicular (one-lane) Main Cables: Wire Main Span: 1
Exact location of this bridge is unclear, but it appears likely it was at or near the same location of the Puente Centenario (Centennial) which is the current (2020s) river crossing closest to San Jerónimo de Tunán. See Centenario (Centennial) - San Jerónimo de Tunán, Huancayo, Peru . The Centenario bridge may have replaced this older bridge.
Bridgemeister ID: 6015 (added 2021-07-02)Name: (suspension bridge) Location: Santa Rosa de Mallma, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.518604 S 74.708054 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Status: Extant (last checked: 2021) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Main Span: 1
Coordinates are the location of a suspension bridge tower observed in 2013.
Bridgemeister ID: 5930 (added 2021-06-27)Name: Centenario Also Known As: Centennial Location: San Jerónimo de Tunán, Huancayo, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 11.955931 S 75.296669 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular (one-lane) Status: In use (last checked: 2020) Main Cables: Wire (steel) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1
Bridgemeister ID: 6394 (added 2021-07-27)Name: Chongos Location: Chongos Bajo District and Viques District, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.154210 S 75.244333 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular (one-lane) Status: Removed Main Cables: Wire Suspended Spans: 1
2014: Towers remain with no deck or cables. Demolished by 2020.
Bridgemeister ID: 7763 (added 2023-08-05)Name: Mayoc Location: Mayoc, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.813517 S 74.385397 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular Status: Only towers remain, since April 25, 1974 (last checked: 2022) Suspended Spans: 1 Main Span: 1 x 83 meters (272.3 feet) estimated
1974, April 25: Destroyed by floodwaters. At this point the suspension bridge had already been bypassed by a concrete arch bridge. Later at same location 1975 Mayoc - Mayoc, Peru .
Bridgemeister ID: 7765 (added 2023-08-15)Name: Mejorada Location: Huamancaca vicinity and Huancayo, Peru Crossing: Mantaro River Coordinates: 12.052207 S 75.240174 W Maps: Acme , GeoHack , Google , OpenStreetMap Use: Vehicular Status: Removed Main Cables: Wire Suspended Spans: 1
Facebook . 1970s image of Puente Breña (a truss bridge) with the suspension bridge visible in the background.Facebook . Translated: "Beautiful photograph of the old suspension bridge La Mejorada (c. 1920), seen from east to west, you can see an entrance door and the person in charge of charging for the use of this. Currently this space is occupied by the La Breña bridge, which allows access to the city of Huancayo from the right bank."Facebook . Another old photo of the bridge.Facebook . More old photos of the bridge.
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