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Queen Juliana Bridge is a four lane road bridge across St . Anna Bay in Willemstad , the capital of Curaçao and formerly , the Netherlands Antilles . The bridge is named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands . The original bridge collapsed in 1967 killing fifteen workers , and got replaced . The current bridge opened on Queen ' s Day , April 30 , 1974 . Reaching a height of 56 . 4 m ( 185 feet ) above the water at its apex ( to accommodate ships entering the narrow harbour ) , the bridge is the highest in the Caribbean . It weighs 3 , 400 tons . The view from the apex includes the entire panorama of Punda , Otrobanda , and the Schottegat and is one of the highest vantage points on the island . ___MASK3___ , or Santa Anna Bay , ( Dutch : " Sint Annabaai ") is a deep channel approximately one mile long and up to 1 , 000 feet wide , located on the island of Curaçao between the two parts of Willemstad , Punda and Otrobanda . Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao , an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010 , it has an estimated population of 150 , 000 . The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters : the Punda and Otrobanda , which are separated by the ___MASK3___ , an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat , as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters , which are across from each other on the smaller Waaigat harbour . Willemstad is home to the Curaçao synagogue , the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas . The city centre , with its unique architecture and harbour entry , has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Curaçao ( or ; Papiamentu : " Kòrsou ") is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region , approximately north of the Venezuelan coast . It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America . It is bordered by Colombia on the west , Brazil on the south , Guyana on the east , and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north - east . Venezuela ' s territory covers around with an estimated population . Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity ( currently ranks 7th in the world ' s list of nations with the most number of species ), with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain - forest in the south , via extensive " llanos " plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the ___MASK33___ River Delta in the east .