This bridge is the main international work of the Rota Bioceânica, a road corridor linking Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
This Tuesday, October 1, authorities from Brazil and Paraguay, in a meeting held in Brasilia, decided to create a Joint Commission to monitor and define the details of the construction of the bridge over the Paraguay River that will connect the municipalities of Porto Murtinho and Carmelo Peralta. Petrobras exits the natural gas distribution segment in Uruguay.
This bridge is the main international work of Rota Bioceânica, a road corridor linking Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
The cable-stayed bridge model does not interfere with the navigability of the river, as the pillars will be erected on the banks and at a height that allows vessels to pass underneath.
The estimated investment is US$ 75 million, to be funded by the binational Itaipu.
The bridge should have a total length of 680 meters, from one bank to the other on the river. The gap between the two pillars would be 380 meters, plus 150 meters from each pillar to the bank.
The height of the pillars that will support the cables (stai) would be 95 meters.
With the two new bridges, Itaipu contributes with basic infrastructure so that Brazil and Paraguay can expand trade between them and also with other countries in the region, based on the dreamed creation of the bioceanic corridor, linking the ports of Santos and Paranaguá, in Brazil, to those of Chile.
The bioceanic corridor will reduce by 17 days the journey of commodities from Mato Grosso do Sul to the Asian market, embarking in the ports of Chile, instead of using the ports of Paranaguá (PR) or Santos (SP).
In July, Paraguay launched the tender for the executive project of the bridge, which will start in 2020 and be completed in three years, at a cost of R$ 290 million.
The 680m structure will be installed at km 1032 of the Paraguay River Waterway.
The neighboring country is also paving the 600-kilometer stretch of the route that crosses its territory. Starting from Campo Grande, the highway will travel 2.400 kilometers to the city of Antofagasta, in Chile.
The first stretch, of 227 km, follows its schedule on two fronts – Carmelo Peralta and Loma Plata -, with the forecast for completion of the first batch in September, of 24 km. The work carried out by the Corredor Vial Oceânico Consortium (Queiróz Galvão and Ocho A) will cost U$ 420 million.
