Bridge Name: | Fraternity Bridge |
Official Name: | Tancredo Neves Bridge |
Carries: | vehicular traffic |
Crosses: | Iguassu River |
Locale: | Foz do Iguaçu to Puerto Iguazú |
Design: | hollow box, haunched Cantilever bridge |
Begin: | 1982-01-13[1] |
Open: | 1985-11-29 |
Coordinates: | -25.5889°N -54.5616°W |
The Tancredo Neves Bridge, better known as Fraternity Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte da Fraternidade, Spanish: Puente de la Fraternidad) connects the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu with the Argentine Puerto Iguazú, crossing over the Iguassu River.
The idea of building the bridge had begun after the construction of the Friendship Bridge 1965, between Brazil and Paraguay. The Fraternity Bridge's construction started on January 13, 1982, and was officially inaugurated on November 29, 1985, and named after Brazilian politician Tancredo Neves.
The bridge is 489m (1,604feet) long, 16.5m (54.1feet) wide and 70m (230feet) high at its highest point.