Suspension Bridges Crossing Rio Lempa
This is a list of all 19 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Rio Lempa. 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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1942: Cuscatlán
San Vicente and Usulután, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 948 (added 2003-10-30) |
| Year Completed: | 1942 |
| Name: | Cuscatlán |
| Also Known As: | Rio Lempa |
| Location: | San Vicente and Usulután, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 13.616536 N 88.563753 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | American Bridge Co. |
| Use: | Vehicular (two-lane, heavy vehicles), with walkway |
| Status: | Destroyed, January 1, 1984 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Notes:
- Bombed and destroyed by militants, January 1, 1984. Piers and abutments remain (as of 2021).
External Links:
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7508 (added 2023-01-07) |
| Year Completed: | 2013 |
| Name: | Los Estanquillos |
| Location: | Santa Lucia and Antigua Ocotepeque, Honduras |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.410378 N 89.2 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Vehicular (one-lane) |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2021) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 132 meters (433.1 feet) |
External Links:
- Facebook - Puente Los Estanquillos, al par pilastras de la antigua hamaca, 2021. Image of the bridge posted August 2021.
- Puente Ocotepeque - VITSA. Several detailed images of the bridge.
- YouTube - Inauguracion Puente Vehicular Mas Grande De Centroamerica. Video about the bridge's inauguration. Posted December 27, 2013. Translated description: "The National Commissioner of COPECO, Lisandro Rosales, together with local and departmental authorities of Ocotepeque, inaugurated a 132-meter-long vehicular suspension bridge over the Lempa River, in the Los Estanquillos sector, Ocotepeque municipality; the work is the largest of its kind in Central America, and has a cost that exceeds 31 million lempiras…"
(footbridge)
Canton La Ruda vicinity, Masahuat, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7492 (added 2022-12-30) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Canton La Ruda vicinity, Masahuat, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.154030 N 89.407071 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2013) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 91.4 meters (300 feet) estimated |
(footbridge)
El Ahogado, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7481 (added 2022-12-28) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | El Ahogado, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.220889 N 89.378592 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2016) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 90.2 meters (296 feet) estimated |
External Links:
(footbridge)
El Cañalon, Santa Rita Cimarrón and Santa Rosa Guachipilín, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7482 (added 2022-12-28) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | El Cañalon, Santa Rita Cimarrón and Santa Rosa Guachipilín, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.242597 N 89.317543 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2017) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 81.7 meters (268 feet) estimated |
External Links:
- Google Maps. Image of the bridge, January 2017.
(footbridge)
La Isla, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7480 (added 2022-12-28) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | La Isla, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.228094 N 89.385206 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2019) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 |
External Links:
- Google Maps. Image of the bridge, February 2019.
(footbridge)
La Junta, La Isla vicinity, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7479 (added 2022-12-28) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | La Junta, La Isla vicinity, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.225861 N 89.395172 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2021) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 |
Notes:
External Links:
- Facebook. Several images of the bridge, posted December 8, 2017.
- YouTube - Un pequeño rincón llamado La Junta!!!. Video showing the bridge and the other nearby suspension bridge.
(footbridge)
Los Jobos, Cantón El Jute and Cantón Las Tablas, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7469 (added 2022-12-25) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Los Jobos, Cantón El Jute and Cantón Las Tablas, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.085278 N 89.415617 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2022) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
External Links:
(footbridge)
Masahuat, Cantón Honduritas and Texistepeque, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7459 (added 2022-12-24) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Masahuat, Cantón Honduritas and Texistepeque, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.136603 N 89.410925 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2019) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 120 meters (393.7 feet) estimated |
(footbridge)
Masahuat, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7457 (added 2022-12-24) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Masahuat, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.184206 N 89.429636 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2017) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 140 meters (459.3 feet) estimated |
External Links:
(footbridge)
San Isidro Lempa, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 3143 (added 2019-11-02) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | San Isidro Lempa, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.044687 N 89.363449 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2018) |
| Main Cables: | Wire |
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7505 (added 2023-01-02) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | San Miguel Ocotepeque and Antigua Ocotepeque, Honduras |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.405619 N 89.204375 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | Collapsed, c. June 2022 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 62.2 meters (204 feet) estimated |
Notes:
- 2022, June: Destroyed by flood.
External Links:
(footbridge)
Tepeagua, Chalatenango and Col Atiocoyo Manuel Jose Arce, La Libertad, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7364 (added 2022-10-29) |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Tepeagua, Chalatenango and Col Atiocoyo Manuel Jose Arce, La Libertad, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.046955 N 89.286918 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2019) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 114.9 meters (377 feet) estimated |
External Links:
- Flickr - Rio Lempa, Atiocoyo. Image of the bridge taken January, 2009: "Este puente hamaca une la comunidad de Atiocoyo (La libertad) con Tepeagua (Chalatenango)."
- Google Maps. Image of the bridge, November 2019.
(suspension bridge)
El Gavilán, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 3144 (added 2019-11-02) |
| Name: | (suspension bridge) |
| Location: | El Gavilán, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.033322 N 89.420086 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Status: | Extant (last checked: 2019) |
(suspension bridge)
Masahuat, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7485 (added 2022-12-30) |
| Name: | (suspension bridge) |
| Location: | Masahuat, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.191225 N 89.433169 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Status: | Removed, c. 2004-2012 |
| Main Span: | 1 |
Notes:
- Removed or destroyed at some point in the 2004-2012 time frame.
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7517 (added 2023-01-13) |
| Name: | (suspension bridge) |
| Location: | Santa Fe vicinity and Concepción vicinity, Ocotepeque, Honduras |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.526064 N 89.240145 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Vehicular (one-lane) |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2022) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 2 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 59.1 meters (194 feet) estimated |
| Side Span: | 1 x 11.9 meters (39 feet) estimated |
Notes:
- There may have been another adjacent suspension bridge at this location in the early 2000s.
External Links:
Colima
Colima, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 3142 (added 2019-11-02) |
| Name: | Colima |
| Location: | Colima, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.065922 N 89.135671 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Vehicular |
| Status: | Extant (last checked: 2018) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
El Vado
El Vado, Cantón Potrero Sula vicinity, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7458 (added 2022-12-24) |
| Name: | El Vado |
| Location: | El Vado, Cantón Potrero Sula vicinity, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.113753 N 89.408081 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 121.9 meters (400 feet) estimated |
External Links:
- Facebook. Image of the bridge posted October 7, 2016.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge nearing completion of comprehensive rehabilitation project. Posted September 12, 2016.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge nearing completion of comprehensive rehabilitation project. Posted September 12, 2016.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge nearing completion of comprehensive rehabilitation project. Posted September 12, 2016.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge nearing completion of comprehensive rehabilitation project. Posted September 12, 2016.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge prior to rehabilitation. Posted September 25, 2015.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge prior to rehabilitation. Posted September 25, 2015.
- Facebook. Image of the bridge prior to rehabilitation. Posted September 25, 2015.
Hacienda
Hacienda Vieja, Cantón El Gavilán and Los Apoyos, El Salvador - Rio Lempa
| Bridgemeister ID: | 7493 (added 2022-12-30) |
| Name: | Hacienda |
| Also Known As: | Asienda |
| Location: | Hacienda Vieja, Cantón El Gavilán and Los Apoyos, El Salvador |
| Crossing: | Rio Lempa |
| Coordinates: | 14.052492 N 89.433883 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2020) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 118.6 meters (389 feet) estimated |
Notes:
- Built at some point in the 2002-2010 time frame.
External Links:
- Facebook - Trabajo finalizado puente hamaca de Hacienda vieja ya lista para entrega a las comunidades. Several images of the bridge, posted September 23, 2020.
- Facebook - Trabajos en desarrollo puente hamaca Asienda vieja. Several images of the bridge, posted September 22, 2020.
Do you have any information or photos for these bridges that you would like to share? Please email david.denenberg@bridgemeister.com.