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Río Frío Railroad Bridge.
Airmail. Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 11.12.1980.
Face value: 2.10 Costa Rican colones.
Printed by Casa Gráfica, San José.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 1095.
- Scott No. C812.
- StampWorld No. 1100.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1206.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA794.
The Río Frío railroad bridge, 466 m (1,529 ft) long, was the longest in Central America. It crossed the Chirripó Norte (or Sucio) River in the vicinity of Río Frío de Sarapiquí, east of the Heredia Province (northern Costa Rica), not far from the border with Nicaragua. It was built between 1978 and 1982. However, in February 1996 the raging waters of the river undermined the foundations and a section of the bridge collapsed, rendering it unusable.
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