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Bridge To Unite Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Nicaraguan authorities said on Tuesday that the government of Japan has donated us$15 million dollars for the design of the bridge to be constructed over the Río San Juan that borders with Costa Rica.

The bridge will span 260 meters (853 feet) and will be constructed in the Municipio de San Carlos in the southern portion of Nicaragua and Las Tabillas on the north shore of Costa Rica.

Construction is expected to begin by late 2010.

Costa Rican authorities confirmed that a commission made up of ministers and vice-ministers has been analyzing such a possibility, with the objective of facilitating the movement of goods across the river.

The river had been the center of dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, when Nicaraguan officials refused Costa Rican police to patrol the river, a right granted by a century old agreement. Costa Rica lodged a complaint with the International Court at the Hauge which voted in Costa Rica’s favour ending a battle over the San Juan that had lasted almost a decade.