Abstract

HILJE, Luko. The bridges of Angostura, Turrialba. Comunicación [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.2, pp.93-127. ISSN 1659-3820.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18845/rc.v26i2-17.3447.

The bridges of Angostura, Turrialba

In Costa Rica, several rulers and in particular Braulio Carrillo aimed to build a good roadbetween the Central Valley and the Caribbean coast in order to favor both exportation andimportation of goods and merchandise. The road to Matina, which dated back to the colonialperiod, was inadequate and, furthermore, forced the crossing of Reventazón River in an insecureplace near the current town of Siquirres. As a consequence, during the government ofJuan Rafael Mora, it was decided to discard this road and look for a better place to cross theriver, and it was there where Angostura, in the city of Turrialba, was found. This article documentsin a detailed way, and based on the available files from the National Archives as wellas newspapers located in the National Library, how this place was discovered, along with theinitiatives and the people that made the construction of the four bridges possible in a lapse of110 years: one made of timber and stone wall, an underroof wooden one, an iron one and thecurrent steel bridge, all built during the governments of Mora (1852), Jesús Jiménez Zamora(1865), Julio Acosta García (1923) and Mario Echandi Jiménez (1962).

Keywords : Reventazón river; bridges; Angostura; Turrialba; Costa Rica; Braulio Carrillo; Rafael Mora; Jesús Jiménez; Julio Acosta; Mario Echandi.

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