Friendship Bridge (Brazil–Paraguay)
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Friendship Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 25°30′34.5″S 54°36′4.0″W / 25.509583°S 54.601111°W |
Crosses | Paraná River |
Locale | Ciudad del Este, Paraguay and Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil |
Preceded by | Ayrton Senna Bridge |
Followed by | San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | arch bridge |
Total length | 552.4 metres (1,812 ft) |
Longest span | 290 metres (951 ft) |
History | |
Opened | 1965 |
Location | |
The Friendship Bridge (Spanish: Puente de la Amistad, Portuguese: Ponte da Amizade) is an arch bridge connecting the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu and the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este.
History and importance[]
The bridge was opened to traffic in 1965. The space between the main arch is 290 metres (303 yards in total). The bridge itself is 552.4 m long.
The bridge is extremely important to the economies of both Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este.
BR-277 begins immediately after the end of the bridge in the Brazilian side, and National Route N° 7 in the Paraguayan side.
Gallery[]
The exact border point along the bridge.
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Categories:
- Deck arch bridges
- Concrete bridges
- Bridges in Brazil
- Bridges in Paraguay
- International bridges
- Brazil–Paraguay border crossings
- Ciudad del Este
- Foz do Iguaçu
- Bridges over the Paraná River
- Bridges completed in 1965
- Buildings and structures in Paraná (state)
- Transport in Paraná (state)
- Brazil transport stubs
- Brazilian building and structure stubs
- Bridge (structure) stubs
- Paraguay stubs
- South American building and structure stubs