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Rumichaca Bridge
The Rumichaca Bridge (Quechua "rumi" stone, "chaka" bridge, "stone bridge") is the principal highway passage between Colombia and Ecuador. The bridge is located from the city of Ipiales, Colombia and from the city of Tulcán, Ecuador. The bridge is located in the Andes at an elevation of . The Pan-American Highway crosses the bridge.
A natural stone bridge crosses the Carchi River here. The stone bridge is often called the "Inca Bridge." The Carchi River
between Colombia and Ecuador. In 2013, 57.9 percent (about USD one billion) of Colombia's exports to Ecuador crossed the border on the Rumichaca Bridge. In the same year, 77 percent (about USD 650 million) of Ecuador's exports to Colombia crossed the Rumichaca bridge.
The years of 2017 and 2018 have seen increasing flows of Venezuelan citizens across the Rumichaca Bridge. Through July 30 2018, an estimated 547,140 Venezuelans have crossed over the Rumichaca Bridge in transit to Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.