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{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name= Juan Pablo II Bridge
|image= Juan Pablo II Bridge.JPG
|caption= Juan Pablo II Bridge, view from Concepcion
|official_name=
|also_known_as= Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) (Sincefrom 1974 Toto 1987)
|crosses= [[Bio-Bio River]]
|locale= [[Concepción, Chile|Concepcion]] & [[Talcahuano]], [[Greater Concepción]] and [[San Pedro de la Paz]], [[Greater Concepción]]
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|length= 2.310 {{convert|2310|m. (7.578 |ft.)|abbr=on}}
|width= {{convert|21.9 |m.|ft|abbr=on}}
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|traffic=
|open= [[April]], [[1974]]
|closed=
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}}The '''Juan Pablo II Bridge''', also known as "'''Puente Nuevo''' (New Bridge)", is a major [[bridge]] in [[Chile]], located in The [[Greater Concepción]], the second largest metropolis (conurbation) in Chile (With [[Santiago]] being the largest).
The '''Juan Pablo II Bridge''', also known as '''Puente Nuevo''' ("New Bridge"), is a bridge in [[Chile]] connecting [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]] and [[Talcahuano]] with [[San Pedro de la Paz]], through the [[Biobío River]]. Since completion in 1974 it has remained the longest bridge in the country. It was significantly damaged in the February 27, 2010 earthquake.
 
This bridge was finished in 1974 as the longest bridge in the country (and still it is), and connects 3 of the 10 districts of the metropolis, [[Concepción, Chile|Concepcion]] and [[Talcahuano]] with "[[San Pedro de la Paz]]", through the [[Bio Bio River]] (second longest river of Chile).
 
== Structure ==
ThisThe Bridgebridge was desingeddesigned by [[Gifford (company)|E.W.H. Gifford & Partners]] from [[England]]. It's 2.310is 2310 m. (7.578 ft.578ft) lenghtin length. It's is formed by 70 parts of 33 m. each one and with a width of 21.9 m. (including 2 passerby corridors of 1.6 m.)
 
== The NameNaming ==
When itthe bridge was finished in 1974, thisit bridgehad hasn'tno aofficial name,. butPeople itbegan wascalling called by people asit "Puente Nuevo" (The "New Bridge"), becauseas it was the second bridge across the Bio-BioBiobío River after "Puente Viejo" ("Old Bridge"), actuallynow closed. to When [[Pope John Paul II]] visited Concepción the carsbridge was named after him as a traffictribute.
In 1987, the Pope John Paul II visited Chile and Concepción, and the bridge, as a tribute, was named "Juan Pablo II" (John Paul II).
 
== Social Impact References==
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This was a major impact for the society of Concepción, since it had better quality compared with "Puente Viejo", which was deeply injured by the biggest [[earthquake]] in Human History (Concepción-[[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]] in 1960). And it's shown by a fact, the population of San Pedro de la Paz was increased three times in just a few years, becoming this district in a place full of houses and buildings
 
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[[Category:Bridges in Chile]]
[[Category:Bío-BíoBuildings and structures in Biobío Region]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1974]]
[[Category:Pope John Paul II]]
[[Category:Transport in Biobío Region]]
 
 
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