Colombia - Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge)

The people of Antioquia (called Antioqueños) a province located in the northwestern part of Colombia always sought an expeditious way to get to the Magdalena Rive, the country´s main waterway. But at the same time they would also see in the Cauca River, a waterway that divides the province in two and runs throughout the national territory from south to north, an obstacle to overcome in order to establish trade routes that would connect the region with other regions and with the world. In spite of the number of gold mines and a high number of tradesmen who had managed to get even to Europe, the Antioqueños were practically isolated from the rest of the territory due to the complexity of the area´s topography.