Rivière Salée
| Rivière Salée | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Grand cul-de-sac marin ( Atlantic Ocean ) | |
| with water | Petit cul-de-sac marin ( Caribbean Sea ) | |
| Separates land mass | Basse-Terre | |
| of land mass | Grande Terre | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 16 ° 16 ′ 15 ″ N , 61 ° 32 ′ 52 ″ W | |
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| length | 4.5 km | |
| Smallest width | 80 m | |
| Greatest depth | 5 m | |
| Coastal towns | Pointe-à-Pitre , Baie-Mahault | |
| Islands | 21st | |
| bridges | Pont de la Gabarre, Pont de l'Alliance | |
Rivière Salée (French: salty river ) is a strait in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe . At 4.5 km in length, it separates the two main islands of the archipelago, Basse-Terre in the west and Grande-Terre in the east. It was called Abukututu by the natives , which means "road".
geography
Since the natural canal, which is at least five meters deep, is less than 50 meters at its narrowest and only a few hundred meters at its widest, Guadeloupe usually looks like a single island from the air and on maps. Rivière Salée connects the Grand Cul-de-sac marin bay with the Petit Cul-de-sac marin bay in the south. It runs exactly in a north-south direction and is surrounded on both sides by mangrove swamps. In the middle part there are two bulges 150 to 200 m wide. At the northern end there is a 1.4 km long and 1 km wide delta with 21 islands up to 420 m long. In its northern part, most of the water flows on the 100 m much wider western side. The delta is connected to the 28 hectare lake La Manche à Eau by a 380 m long river on the west side . In the middle of the east bank of the strait is the Pointe-à-Pitre airport , whose runway extends to the water. The river Houaromand flows directly opposite .
bridges
As early as 1765, it was possible to cross the Rivière Salée with a rope-driven boat that transported 15 people and eight horses at once. In 1806 the wooden Union Bridge was built, which was carried by floating barrels. However, it was not very stable and was closed after accidents in 1881. In 1929, in the far south, the 30-ton steel Gabarre Bridge designed by Louis Douldat was inaugurated. The single-lane bridge is now used for pedestrians and bicycles. In 1950, a new four-lane Gabarre Bridge was built directly to the north of it to handle traffic, which was expanded to six lanes in 1990. Today it connects via the N1 the industrial area Jarry in the economic capital Baie-Mahault in the west with the district Lauricisque in the capital Pointe-à-Pitre in the east, both of which are located on the bay to the south. The bridge has already been blocked by demonstrations several times, for example during the general strike in 2009 organized by the umbrella organization Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LFP). South of the bridges, on the east side, are the only houses directly on the canal.
300 m north of the airport runway, the N11 runs over the Allianz Mobile Bridge, which was built between 1997 and 1998 . In 2011, around 100,000 vehicles crossed the Gabarre Bridge every day and around 40,000 the Allianz Bridge every day. The bridges are opened at night between 4:30 and 5:30 am to allow ship traffic to pass.
Web links
- Myriam Alamkan: Franchir la Rivière Salée (Guadeloupe) , October 13, 2019 (blog entry on the maritime history of the Rivière Salée)
- Guadeloupe's Northern Anchorages and the Rivière Salée , Canadian Yachting (Travelogue with a trip on the Rivière Salée)
- Rivière salée en Guadeloupe , Caraibe Yachts (passage information for sailors)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Kissoun: Pointe-à-Pitre: urbanisme et architecture religieuse, publique et militaire et xviiie xixe siècles . éditions Jasor, Pointe-à-Pitre, 2008, ISBN 978-2-912594-70-9 , p. 27.
- ^ La Rivière Salée (Baie-Mahault) , Sea-Seek.com
- ↑ Guadeloupe: la Rivière Salée . Ngandco, May 3, 2018.
- ↑ Route information from Google Maps
- ↑ Jean-Jacques Coudiere: La Rivière Salée , Guide Atout Guadeloupe. February 29, 2008
- ^ Marie-Galante Désirade: Petite balade sur les pas d'Eiffel visionnaire éclairé , Destination Guadeloupe No. 38, 2010.
- ^ Promenade sur la Rivière Salée , Made in Guadeloupe, May 31, 2015.
- ↑ Paul Tomiche: Luttes syndicales et politiques en Guadeloupe . L'Harmattan, 2008, ISBN 9782296576995 .
- ↑ C'est aussi la rentrée sur les routes , France-Antilles, September 5, 2011