| Mexico Reopens Acapulco Bridge Destroyed by Tropical Storm Hispanically Speaking News | |
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Floodwaters wash away a bridge over the Papagayo River in Acapulco, Mexico, on September 17, 2013. (AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)
Papagayo Bridge, located on the federal highway that connects the cities of Chilpancingo and Acapulco in Guerrero state, was reopened Saturday after being destroyed by the torrential rains of Tropical Storm Manuel.
Communications and Transportation Secretary Gerardo Ruiz Esparza and Guerrero’s Gov. Angel Aguirre inaugurated Saturday this bridge that was rebuilt in five weeks and which stands on the stretch of highway between Tierra Colorada and Acapulco.
With more than 100 dead, dozens of missing persons and vast material damage, this southern Mexican state was the hardest hit last September by Tropical Storm Manuel.
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