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The new bridge of Samborondón – Guayaquil in Ecuador

In this new 780-meter-long road structure, 60,000 vehicles will transit daily, alleviating the growing traffic borne by the two provinces of Samborondón and Guayaquil/Ecuador separated by the Daule River. More than one million inhabitants benefit from this infrastructure that has four vehicular lanes, two service lanes, a bike path and a pedestrian lane for each direction. The bridge had an approximate cost of 72 million dollars, and will allow reducing the transfer time in approximately 30 minutes between Guayaquil and Samborondón.

The connection between both with a stretch of approximately...

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