Crosses Paraná River Design arch bridge Height 78 m Opened 1965 | Preceded by Ayrton Senna Bridge Longest span 290 metres (951 ft) Total length 552 m Location Ciudad del Este | |
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Locale Ciudad del Este, Paraguay and Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Followed by San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge Address Puente Internacional de la Amistad, Cdad. del Este, Paraguay Similar Triple Frontier, Parque das Aves, Dreamland Museu de Cera, Itaipu Dam, Iguazu River | ||
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.
References
Friendship Bridge (Brazil–Paraguay) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA