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Furthermore, the canopy bridges generally span valleys, enabling fast access from one side of a gorge to another. [35] Without these bridges, steep ascents and descents would be required. Thus, not only do the bridges aid in the preservation of Costa Rica's vast rainforests, they also make exploring these areas more efficient.
The Selvatura Adventure Park, or Monteverde Nature Center, Sloth habitat and Butterfly Gardens is a nature center in Monteverde, northwestern Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It is located in the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range, close to the village of Santa Elena .
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Monteverde [1] is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, [2] located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Central Valley, Monteverde is one of the country's major ecotourism destinations, with the Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde (Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve) being the largest, in addition to several other ...
One type of angle block for use in a Howe truss bridge. Braces and counter-braces are held in place with angle blocks. [13] Angle blocks are triangular in cross-section [13] and should be the same height [13] and width as the parallel of the chord. [1] Angle blocks may be made of wood or iron, [13] although iron is usually used for permanent ...
Large Xblocs (8.0 m 3 or 280 cu ft) on a trial placement area. An Xbloc is a wave-dissipating concrete block (or "armour unit") designed to protect shores, harbour walls, seawalls, breakwaters and other coastal structures from the direct impact of incoming waves.
In the 1990s, a new bypass road and a second bridge was planned for the city. The new Choluteca Bridge, also known as the Bridge of Rising Sun (Spanish: Puente Sol Naciente), was built by Hazama Ando Corporation between 1996 and 1998 and became the largest bridge constructed by a Japanese company in Latin America.
Cribbing is usually accomplished with blocks of wood, often 4×4 (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 89 mm) or 6×6 (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 140 mm) and 18–24 in (460–610 mm) long.Soft woods, like spruce and pine, are often preferred because they crack slowly and make loud noises before completely failing, whereas stiffer woods may fail explosively and without warning.