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The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works completed the work on five bridges that connect the cities of Bella Union and Artigas. These works will allow the development of new ventures in the area as well as the change in the appearance of the place and the quality of communications said the head of the portfolio Vctor Rossi.Within the framework of the works of the route 18 Rossi announced the inauguration of five bridges four new ones over the Tres Cruces and Cuar streams and over the La Bomba and La Comisara streams and the widening and reinforcement of the bridge over the Pelado stream. These works not only imply the construction of the bridges but also that of their accesses.According to information released by the ministry over the Cuaro stream at kilometer 61 a non-submersible bridge of 600 meters in length and almost 4 kilometers of embankment was built. Work was done on several fronts the foundations the prestressed beams the cleaning of the mountain the construction of a sewer and the embankment. At kilometer 97 near the town of Javier de Viana the current layout was rectified with two bridges over the Tres Cruces stream 170 meters long and over the La Bomba stream 83 meters.Meanwhile at kilometer 83 a 107 meter long bridge was built over the Pelado stream. The works involved the widening of the road to take it to 9.2 meters and the reinforcement for adaptation to new truck loads. At kilometer 57 near the town of Paso Faras an 80 meter bridge was built over the La Comisara gorge. These works will allow the development of new ventures in the area as well as the change in the appearance of the place and the quality of communications the minister added.He referred to continuing work on the recovery of some sectors of Route No. 30 which will allow the sections between routes No. 30 and No. 5 to be in perfect condition.A great investment effort was made which allowed many works to be completed and many others underway for the next administration Rossi said.