External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008020

External Links:

• Facebook - Puente Los Estanquillos, al par pilastras de la antigua hamaca, 2021. Image of the bridge posted August 2021.
• Puente Ocotepeque - VITSA. Several detailed images of the bridge.
• YouTube - Inauguracion Puente Vehicular Mas Grande De Centroamerica. Video about the bridge's inauguration. Posted December 27, 2013. Translated description: "The National Commissioner of COPECO, Lisandro Rosales, together with local and departmental authorities of Ocotepeque, inaugurated a 132-meter-long vehicular suspension bridge over the Lempa River, in the Los Estanquillos sector, Ocotepeque municipality; the work is the largest of its kind in Central America, and has a cost that exceeds 31 million lempiras…"

Notes:

• 2022, June: Destroyed by flood.

External Links:

• Facebook. Image of the bridge, posted November 1, 2017.
• Facebook. Image of the bridge, posted December 31, 2017.
• Facebook. Image of the bridge, posted May 13, 2012.
• Facebook. Image of the collapsed bridge, posted June 21, 2022.
• Facebook. Image of the collapsed bridge, posted June 21, 2022.

Notes:

• Patrick S. O'Donnell writes: "This simple bridge started out as a multiple span, concrete girder on piers. A couple of the spans in the middle were washed away in a flood, most likely as a result of the common pier collapsing / failing. They fixed that by building a pair of towers and bridged the gap with a suspended span. That eventually collapsed under the weight of an overloaded truck. The gap was re-spanned in a like manner, with a towered suspended span."
• Near (suspension bridge) - La Encarnacion, Honduras.

External Links:

• Facebook. Image of the initial girder bridge collapse. Posted October 2, 2012.
• Facebook. Image showing the gap bridged with a wood-decked suspension span. Posted October 13, 2013.
• Facebook. Image of repairs in progress. Posted February 25, 2015.
• Facebook. Image of the bridge with metal decking. Posted March 9, 2015.
• Facebook. Image of the collapsed bridge with the truck loaded with cinder blocks that brought it down. Posted May 25, 2017.
• Facebook. Image of repairs in progress. Posted June 18, 2018.
• Facebook. Image of repairs in progress. Posted July 2, 2018.
• Facebook. Images of the bridge. Posted September 11, 2021.
• Facebook. Images of a new project for a complete replacement bridge is underway and the suspension bridge is partially dismantled. Posted November 13, 2021.
• Facebook. More images of the replacement bridge project. Posted March 2, 2022.
• Facebook - Colapsa puente en Ocotepegue que conecta a las comunidades La Encarnación y San Jorge. Image of the collapsed bridge with the truck loaded with cinder blocks that brought it down. Posted May 25, 2017.
• Facebook - Puente hamaca sobre río santa catarina ..la Encarnación Ocotepeque. Video and images of the bridge in use. Posted August 17, 2019.
• Un muerto y tres puentes destruidos en Ocotepeque por lluvias - Diario La Prensa. Article about the flood damage at the site. Dated September 28, 2012.

Notes:

• Derelict since at least as far back as 2011.
• Near (suspension bridge) - La Encarnacion, Honduras.

External Links:

• Facebook. The bridge is visible in the background of the construction site of a nearby bridge. Posted March 2, 2022.
• Facebook. Remnants visible at the extreme left of this panorama image which also shows the collapse (at right) of a nearby suspension bridge. Posted May 31, 2017.

Notes:

• Built at some point in the 2001-2011 time frame.

External Links:

• Facebook. Several images of repairs to the bridge. Posted June 29, 2020.
• Facebook - Puente Hamaca, San Francisco del Valle. News report video regarding flood damage to the bridge. Posted June 4, 2020.

Notes:

• There may have been another adjacent suspension bridge at this location in the early 2000s.

External Links:

• Facebook. Three images of the bridge. Posted February 15, 2022.
• Twitter. Video of the bridge. Posted July 16, 2019.

External Links:

• Twitter - Puente colgante San Jerónimo en Vado Ancho, El Paraíso. Image of the bridge, posted in 2021.