General Information
| Name in local language: | Puente Internacional Tancredo Neves |
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| Beginning of works: | 1983 |
| Completion: | 29 November 1985 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method |
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil Puerto Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 25° 35' 20.04" S 54° 33' 41.76" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 220.00 m | |
| total length | 480.00 m | |
| span lengths | 130.00 m - 220.00 m - 130.00 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 65.38 m | |
| abutments | height | ca. 10 m |
| deck | deck depth | 3.78 - 12.28 m |
| deck width | 16.50 m | |
| piers | height | 54 m |
Quantities
| abutments | concrete volume | 672 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 61 t | |
| piles | concrete volume | 3 742 m³ |
| concrete volume | 3 682 m³ | |
| prestressing steel | 73 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 804 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 220 t | |
| superstructure | concrete volume | 8 674 m³ |
| prestressing steel | 525 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 909 t |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
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 489 metres (1,604 ft) long, 16.5 metres (54 ft) wide and 70 metres (230 ft) high at its highest point.
It is of much less economic importance to the region than the Friendship Bridge and does not have the traffic and social problems that the latter one has.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tancredo Neves Bridge" and modified on June 3, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 193.
- (1983): El puente internacional sobre el rio Iguazú. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 34, n. 149 (4th Quarter 1983), pp. 107-120.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20007039 - Published on:
01/12/2002 - Last updated on:
01/04/2022
