There is a train on this viaduct, but it becomes insignificant in proportion. If it looks arid it's because the entire region the railway operates in is a desert, with almost no rainfall Despite the name of the railway, this is actually in Chile: the territory around Antofagasta was part of Bolivia at the time the construction of the 2'6" gauge railway began in the early 1870s. At the end of a war which lasted from 1879 to 1883, the area became part of Chile.
Today the railway is 1,537 km (955 miles) in length, metre gauge and reaches a maximum altitude of 4,815 metres (15,797 ft).
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The bridge is called Loa-Viaduct or Cochin-Viaduct. The route has been moved further North and does not use this bridge anymore. The bridge is still existing and is used to support some water tubes.
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