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General Information

Name in local language: Puente Internacional Tancredo Neves
Beginning of works: 1983
Completion: 29 November 1985
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
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Crosses:
  • Iguaçu River
Coordinates: 25° 35' 20.04" S    54° 33' 41.76" W
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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
piers reinforced concrete
abutments reinforced concrete

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.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20007039
  • Published on:
    01/12/2002
  • Last updated on:
    01/04/2022
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