(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121129-bridge-da-01.photoblog900.jpg)Beawiharta / ReutersStudents walk across a new bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak regency, Indonesia's Banten village on November 29, 2012.Children in Indonesia are taking a perilous route to school using a broken suspension bridge. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.By David R Arnott, NBC NewsA perilous daily journey undertaken by a group of Indonesian schoolchildren just got a whole lot easier.
In January, PhotoBlog reported on the dangerous river crossing the children faced after a bridge collapsed (http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/20/10197332-indonesian-children-make-perilous-journey-to-school-over-collapsed-bridge?lite). Ten months on, Reuters reports that a new bridge has opened.
Epi Sopian, the head of Sanghiang Tanjung village, said the bridge had been built with the assistance of non-governmental organizations and the country's largest steel producer, PT Krakatau Steel.
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(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121129-bridge-da-02.photoblog900.jpg)Beawiharta / ReutersThen and now: A combination photo shows children crossing the old collapsed bridge (top) on January 29, 2012, and students using the new bridge (below) on November 29, 2012.Follow @NBCNewsPictures
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