Ecuador's Bridges: Puente Dano Canyat sobre el Rio Bua (2)

Unlike the east end of the Rio Bua suspension bridge, the west end has no back suspenders and no deck. Both steel towers are anchored directly into the foundation. The suspender cables are precut, passed through steel pipe floor beams, and wrapped around the  25 mm diameter steel suspension cables.  

This area is well-travelled and the river is often filled with men and women washing their clothes and with children playing. It reminds me of the novel 'An Accidental Man,' by Iris Murdoch where most of the community's activities take place against the backdrop of the communal baths.

Ecuador's Bridges: Puente Dano Canyat sobre el Rio Bua (2) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.