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Bolsonaro receives the president of Paraguay and visits works on the Integration Bridge, which is in the final stages of construction; The link will be 760 meters long and have two lanes 3,6 meters wide

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published 07/06/2022 às 08:47
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Photo credit at the Executive Center: Rubens Fraulini/Itaipu Binaconal. Photo credit at Ponte da Integração: Sara Cheida/Itaipu Binacional.

Another international bridge will be built between Brazil and Paraguay; This link will connect with the Bioceânico Corridor, which will link the Brazilian ports of Paranaguá (PR) and Santos (SP) to Chilean ports, on the Pacific Ocean.

Bolsonaro visited last Friday (3), with the president of Paraguay, the construction site of the Integration Bridge, which will connect the municipality of Paraná to Presidente Franco, on the Paraguayan side. Shortly before, the two presidents met at the Executive Center of Itaipu Binacional, planted two trees in Bosque dos Visitantes and took pictures with the company's employees. The Brazilian president also received a tribute from Amop, an association that represents 55 municipalities in western Paraná.

Watch the video below and check out Bolsonaro in Foz do Iguaçu meeting with the president of Paraguay

At the Integration Bridge, Bolsonaro and Benítez praised the progress of the work, with an execution rate of over 84%, and highlighted the role of Itaipu Binacional in promoting the development of both countries. On the Brazilian side alone, the company is investing more than R$2,6 billion in infrastructure works. 

“We completed the extension of the [International] Airport of Foz do Iguaçu, we just visited the works on Estrada Boiadeira (in Umuarama) and now we are seeing this engineering grandeur, which will further integrate Brazil and Paraguay”, related Bolsonaro . “Itaipu is a company that generates more than energy, it generates progress and integration.”

Mario Abdo Benítez recalled that the last major connection between the two countries (the International Friendship Bridge) was built 54 years ago and that the new investments, financed by Itaipu, represent the “integration of the future”.

“We are very proud that these indissoluble ties [of friendship] that represent this work give us the opportunity to move forward with other infrastructure works between Paraguay and Brazil,” he said. “Today we are honoring the friendship of our peoples, the cultural and physical integration, and the common values ​​that we defend: values ​​of our peoples and, specifically, of these two presidents”, he added.

The general directors of Itaipu, Anatalicio Risden Junior (Brazil) and Manuel Cáceres Cardozo (Paraguay), and the advisers and directors of the binational received the two presidents, who were accompanied by ministers from Brazilian and Paraguayan states, in addition to the governor of Paraná, among other authorities. 

Watch the video below and check out the full inspection of the works on the new bridge between Brazil and Paraguay

Integration Bridge is in the final stages of construction

The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge is in the final stages of construction, over the Paraná River, with just 200 meters left to close the central span. The expectation is that the structure will be completed in September. Around R$ 323 million have already been invested in the undertaking, out of the total forecast of R$ XNUMX million – resources from the Brazilian side of Itaipu.

The link will be 760 meters long and have a free span of 470 meters. There will be two lanes 3,6 meters wide, with a 3-meter shoulder and a 1,70-meter sidewalk on the sides. The infrastructure will allow heavy vehicles from Paraguay and Argentina to stop transiting through the center of Foz do Iguaçu. It will also help relieve the Friendship Bridge, which is now the main link between Brazil and Paraguay.

Boiadeira road

Before traveling to Foz do Iguaçu, Bolsonaro was in Umuarama (PR), in the northwest of the state, to inspect the revitalization of Estrada Boiadeira (BR 487) – which is also being supported by the Brazilian margin of Itaipu, with an investment of R$ 232,8 million.

Estrada da Boiadeira will connect Paraná to Mato Grosso do Sul, where another international bridge will be built between Porto Murtinho (Brazil, MS) and Carmelo Peralta (Paraguay), with resources from the Paraguayan side of Itaipu. The bridge will make the connection with the so-called Corredor Bioceânico, a multimodal project that intends to unite the Brazilian ports of Paranaguá (PR) and Santos (SP) with Chilean ports, on the Pacific Ocean.

Flavia Marinho

Flavia Marinho is a postgraduate engineer with extensive experience in the onshore and offshore shipbuilding industry. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to writing articles for news websites in the areas of industry, oil and gas, energy, shipbuilding, geopolitics, jobs and courses. Contact her for suggestions, job openings or advertising on our portal.

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