{{Infobox bridge | name = Angostura Bridge | native_name = ''Puente de Angostura'' | native_name_lang = es | image = Angostura.JPG | coordinates = {{Coord|8.1444|-63.5981|region:VE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | carries = Motor vehicles | crosses = Orinoco River | locale = Anzoátegui–Bolívar State line | named_for = narrow spot in the Orinoco | preceded = ''none'' | followed = Orinoquia Bridge | design = Suspension | material = Steel | material2 = Steel | length = {{Convert|1678.50|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | mainspan = {{Convert|712|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | number_spans = 3 | designer = Precomprimido C.A., Sverdrup & Parcel | builder = Precomprimido C.A. | fabricator = U.S. Steel Corporation | begin = 1962 | complete = 6 January 1967 | open = {{Start date|1967|04|27}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-caption = Location over the Orinoco | qid = Q3089080 }} '''Angostura Bridge''' is a suspension bridge that spans the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. The Spanish word Angostura means "narrows". Built in 1967 at a cost of US$35million,<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=In the Wake of Tacoma: Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability|author=Scott, R.|date=2001|publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers|isbn=9780784470732|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLOR_CjeiBMC|page=184|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref> the bridge has a total length of 1,678.50 meters, a distance of 1,272 meters between the two towers, and a main span of 712 meters. Until the opening of the 3,156-metre Second Orinoco crossing 100 km downstream near Ciudad Guayana on 13 November 2006, it was the only bridge across the Orinoco.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Angostura Bridge}} * {{Structurae|id=20000940|title=Puente de Angostura}}
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Category:Suspension bridges in Venezuela Category:Buildings and structures in Ciudad Bolívar Category:Bridges completed in 1967 Category:Buildings and structures in Bolívar (state)
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