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The Berbice Bridge is a pontoon bridge over the Berbice River near New Amsterdam in Guyana.The bridge is tolled and was opened on 23 December 2008. [1]With the completion of the Berbice Bridge, and the earlier completion of the Coppename Bridge in Suriname in 1999, the Courantyne River is the only river between the Guyanese capital of Georgetown and the Surinamese capital of Paramaribo still ...
The country has one international bridge connecting Guyana to Brazil in the south. Plans have been made to build a bridge over the Courantyne River to connect to Suriname in the east. [2] This is a list of bridges in Guyana. Berbice Bridge near New Amsterdam, Guyana; Demerara Harbour Bridge near Georgetown, Guyana
Abary is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, near the mouth of the Abary River, 43 miles (69 km) from Georgetown. Abary is known for the Abary Bridge located on the Main Highway. [2] The bridge was originally a railway bridge with a very steep grade. [3]
The Berbice River / b ər ˈ b iː s /, located in eastern Guyana, is one of the country's major rivers. It rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region and flows northward for 595 kilometres (370 mi) [1] through dense forests to the coastal plain. The river's tidal limit is between 160 and 320 km (99–199 mi) from the sea.
Berbice (/ b ɜːr ˈ b iː s /) is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch state.
Cross-border bridge from Guyana to Brazil near Lethem. There are a total of 187 km (116 mi) of railway, all dedicated to ore transport. There are 7,969 km (4,952 mi) of highway, of which 591 km (367 mi) are paved. Navigable waterways extend 1,077 km (669 mi), including the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers.
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New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) is the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana and one of the country's largest towns. [2] It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the capital, Georgetown and located on the eastern bank of the Berbice River, 6 km (4 mi) upriver from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean, and immediately south of the Canje River.