Rio Negro Bridge

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Coordinates: 3°7′19″S 60°04′46″W / 3.12194°S 60.07944°W / -3.12194; -60.07944

Rio Negro Bridge
Rio Negro Bridge, 2019.
Coordinates	3°7′19″S 60°04′46″W / 3.12194°S 60.07944°W / -3.12194; -60.07944
Carries	4 lanes of roadway
Crosses	Rio Negro
Locale	Manaus and Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil
Official name	Journalist Phelippe Daou Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	3,595 metres (11,795 ft)
Height	185 metres (607 ft)[1]
Longest span	2x200 metres (660 ft)
Clearance above	55 metres (180 ft)[1]
History
Construction start	December 3, 2007
Opened	October 24, 2011
Location
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The Journalist Phelippe Dahsou Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Rio Negro) is a 3,595-metre (11,795 ft) long cable-stayed bridge over the Rio Negro that links the cities of Manaus and Iranduba in the state of Amazonas in Brazil.^[2] It spans the Rio Negro just before its confluence with the Amazon River, and is the only major bridge across the Amazon or any tributary in the Amazon basin.^[2] Its construction was marked by controversy over the potential effects of roadbuilding in the Amazon basin, which could lead to deforestation.^[3] A 2018 study found that the construction of this bridge did induce deforestation.^[4]

Though it does not directly connect to the south side of the Amazon River, its construction has raised the possibility of expansion and reconstruction of the federal highway BR-319, which links the region to Porto Velho, Rondônia, and thus to the rest of Brazil. Environmentalists fear that may induce more deforestation.^[3] That road is on the south side of the Amazon, and so any vehicle from Manaus would still have to make a ferry connection across the main stem of the Amazon, despite the completion of the Rio Negro bridge.

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  185 meter high central mast

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  Bridge at dusk

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  Inauguration of the bridge

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  Rio Negro Bridge at night

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External links[]

• Secretaria de Estado de Infraestrutura - SEINFRA (Infrastructure Site of the State of Amazonas)

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