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Yabina y Colpa Suspended Pedestrian Footbridge
Project # 027
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Bridge Sponsor: Friends of Continental Crossings
Bridge Designers/Managers: Continental Crossings
Primary Corporate Sponsors: Ecolotree, Inc. & Black and Veatch
University Sponsor: University of Iowa, Department of Engineering
On-site Construction Support: Preston Frantz and Michael Ferebee
Peru Sponsor: Llusco Municipality
Other support: Centro Andino de Educacion y Promocion & Ayuda en Accion
Dedication: The family of David, Karl, and Annie Laurie Cook
In Memory of: Alice Kusmierek
Bridge Name: Yabina y Colpa Bridge
River Name: Santo Tomas River
Bridge Span: 15 meters / 50 feet
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspended
Population Served by Bridge: 500 people
Trainees: District Engineers from Llusco, Santo Thomas
Bridge Story: Bridges To Prosperity teamed with a group of civil engineering students at The University of Iowa, for a bridge location in Yabina, Peru. Team members include Sergio A-wan, Avery Bang, Jenna Kusmierek, Tara Olds and Ryan Wallace. The students initially chose to combine their extramural interests with curriculum, through this augmented senior-design project. Their interest in working with Bridge to Prosperity was based on their interest in providing assistance to those in the developing world while fulfilling their senior-design project component of their curriculum as well as their local involvement in Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW).
The team embraced the challenged to take on a bridge site located near a previous B2P bridge in Santo Tomas, Peru. The free-span length is nearly 15 meters (50 feet) and the bridge will be entirely constructed of timber and reinforcing steel rods. The site was named Yabina y Colpa and services a school with 150 students as well as the local families.
The current crossing is a large braided vine that requires adults and small children alike to cross the precarious swinging line while holding onto another similar vine. This crossing is so dangerous, that 3 small children have died attempting to cross in the last three years. The bridge is at 12,000 feet elevation, with the village above at 13,000 feet! Go to Continental Crossings to learn more and to preview the initial site-survey trip video
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Project # 027 - Yabina y Colpa Suspended Pedestrian Footbridge
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