Work on the Brazil-Paraguay Integration bridge began in August last year, and is expected to be ready by mid-2022.

The expectation is that by the end of December, fifty percent of the work on the new Brazil-Paraguay Integration bridge will be completed. The Integration Bridge, which the Brazilian side of Itaipu is financing through the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant. Tomorrow (18) port terminals in Bahia, Alagoas and Paraná will be auctioned

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Considered one of the most important structural works for the region and, consequently, for the entire Mercosur, the bridge that connects Brazil to Paraguay began to be built before the crisis of the covid-19 pandemic, and survived the period – the most serious of recent times also from an economic point of view. Throughout 2020, it has directly employed 452 people on both banks of the Paraná River, in Brazil and Paraguay.

Once completed, the second bridge between the two countries will further stimulate regional development, facilitating cargo logistics and improving traffic in the center of Foz do Iguaçu and on the Ponte da Amizade.

Earlier this month, President Jair Bolsonaro ended his cycle of visits to Paraná, in 2020, to monitor the progress of this work. On his fourth visit to the city since the beginning of his term, Bolsonaro met with the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benitez, and some ministers.

Development

The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (Dnit) is responsible for supervising the project, managed by the government of Paraná through the State Department of Roads (DER).

The total investment is approximately R$ 463 million, considering works on the structure, expropriations and the construction of a perimeter on the Brazilian side, which will connect the bridge to BR-277.

Of the cable-stayed type, the bridge will be 760 meters long, with a clear span of 470 meters, and will have a 3,7-meter-wide lane in each lane, a 3-meter shoulder and a 1,70-meter sidewalk.

Under the responsibility of the Paraguayan government, a third bridge between the two countries will be built over the Paraguay River, linking the city of Porto Murtinho, in Mato Grosso do Sul, to Carmelo Peralta, in Paraguay. It will be funded by the Paraguayan bank of Itaipu and should facilitate Brazil's access to the Pacific Ocean and open markets for production from Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.