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Queshuachaca [Note 1] (from Cuzco Quechua q’ichwa chaka 'straw-rope bridge', Quechua pronunciation: [q’es.wa cha.ka]) is the last remaining Inca rope bridge, consisting of grass ropes that span the Apurímac River near Huinchiri, in Quehue District, Canas Province, Peru.
Victoriano Arizapana Huayhua is a Quechua master rope bridge engineer (Quechua: chakaruwaq), notable for being the lead builder of the Q'iswa Chaka (Quechua for "rope bridge"), which is the last remaining traditionally built Inca rope bridge and a part of the historical Qhapaq Ñan Inca road network. He is also a teacher and cultural figure ...
[2] [3] The bridge, which Moroun purchased from the Bower family in 1979, is one of the few privately owned border crossings between the United States and Canada. [4] The bridge is now estimated to be worth between $1.5 and $3 billion. [5] CenTra, Inc. is also the controlling body of Central Transport International, an LTL trucking carrier. [6]
A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada border near the cities of International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, has collapsed, and it's unclear when the area will ...
Watch live aerial views of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, after it collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning (26 March). A container ship crashed into the structure at ...
The Rainbow Bridge crosses from the United States (L), into Canada near the Niagara Falls on June 4, 2013 at Niagara Falls, New York (Getty Images) Where is Rainbow Bridge? Thursday 23 November ...
The bridge crossed one of the busiest shipping routes in the United States: the lower Patapsco River, which connects the Port of Baltimore to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] In 2023, the port handled more than 444,000 passengers and 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo valued at $80 billion. [ 9 ]
In an address later on the day of the bridge's collapse, President Joe Biden said that he would ask Congress to fund a replacement bridge. [9] Two days later, on March 28, the federal government released an initial $60 million in emergency aid under the Emergency Relief (ER) Program of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that is subsidized by the Highway Trust Fund.