Editing Suriname (section)

=== Road ===
[[File:Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge 5.jpg|thumb|[[Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge]] over the [[Suriname River]]]]
Suriname, along with neighboring [[Guyana]], is one of only two countries on the mainland South American continent that drive on the left, although many vehicles are left-hand-drive as well as right-hand-drive.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/04/world/in-suriname-s-rain-forests-a-fight-over-trees-vs-jobs.html In Suriname's Rain Forests, A Fight Over Trees vs. Jobs], Anthony DePalma, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 4 September 1995</ref> One explanation for this practice is that at the time of its colonization of Suriname, the Netherlands itself used left-hand traffic, also introducing the practice in the [[Dutch East Indies]], now [[Indonesia]].<ref name="New Scientist">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qfak8nsMNGIC&dq=New+Scientist++Indonesia+drive+Napoleon&pg=PA18 ''New Scientist''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408103902/https://books.google.com/books?id=qfak8nsMNGIC&dq=New+Scientist++Indonesia+drive+Napoleon&pg=PA18 |date=8 April 2023 }}, 25 December 1986 – 1 January 1987, page 18</ref> Another is that Suriname was first colonized by the British, and for practical reasons, this was not changed when it came under Dutch administration.<ref name="Kincaid Rule">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QatPAAAAMAAJ&q=Dutch ''The Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice''], Peter Kincaid, Greenwood Press, 1986, page 138</ref> Although the Netherlands converted to driving to the right at the end of the 18th century,<ref name="New Scientist" /> Suriname did not.
As of 2003, Suriname had 4303&nbsp;km (2674 miles) of roads, of which 1119&nbsp;km (695 miles) are paved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suriname – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/suriname/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>