Hinode Bridge, Road bridge in Comoro, East Timor
Hinode Bridge is a box girder road bridge over the Comoro River in Comoro, Dili, 800 m south of the CPLP Bridge. Its superstructure is 250 m long and 11.55 m wide, carried on six arches: two of 33.7 m and four of 45 m. Two 3.5 m lanes and a footpath on each side link Avenida de Hudi-Laran with National Highway 3.
In 2013 Timor-Leste opened the first stage of the CPLP Bridge, doubling the Comoro River crossing to four lanes. A JICA survey team visited in June–July 2013, and its February 2014 report proposed a second, two-lane bridge about 250 m long upriver. Japan funded the work with a grant of up to 2.605 billion yen; Tobishima Corporation built it from mid-2016, and it opened to traffic on 13 September 2018.
The name was announced at the official opening ceremony on 12 October 2018, attended by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno and Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. In Japanese, hinode means rising sun, a name linking Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, with East Timor, since the Tetum word for east, Loro Sa'e, literally means rising sun. During construction the structure was called Comoro Bridge III.
The bridge carries two 3.5 m lanes with a footpath on each side, linking Avenida de Hudi-Laran on the east bank with National Highway 3 on the west. It stands 800 m upriver of the CPLP Bridge. Mikrolet minibus line 11 crosses it between Manleuana Market and Tasi Tolu.
The bridge's name was announced only at the official opening on 12 October 2018, during a visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno. "Hinode" means rising sun in Japanese, matching Tetum Loro Sa'e, the word for east. The project employed 37 foreigners, 15 local engineers and more than a hundred local workers.
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