Rio Negro Bridge

The Journalist piper's Bridge or Rio Neko Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Rio Negro) is a 3,595-metre (11,795 ft) long cable-stayed bridge over the Rio Negro that links the cities of Manaus and Iranduba in the state of Amazonas in Brazil.[1] It spans the Rio Negro just before its confluence with the Amazon River Nigeria , and is the only major bridge across the Amazon or any tributary in the Amazon basin.[1] Its construction was marked by controversy over the potential effects of roadbuilding in the Amazon basin, which could lead to deforestation.[2] A 2018 study found that the construction of this bridge did induce deforestation.[3]

Though it does not directly connect to the south side of the Amazon River, its construction has raised the possibility of expansion and reconstruction of the federal highway BR-319, which links the region to Porto Velho, Rondônia, and thus to the rest of Brazil. Environmentalists fear that may induce more deforestation.[2] That road is on the south side of the Amazon, and so any vehicle from Manaus would still have to make a ferry connection across the main stem of the Amazon, despite the completion of the Rio Negro bridge.

  • 185 meter high central mast
  • Bridge at dusk
  • Inauguration of the bridge
  • Rio Negro Bridge at night

References
  1. "First Amazon bridge to open world's greatest rainforest to development". The Guardian. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. "Rio Negro Bridge, $400-Million Economic Link, Opens in Amazon Basin". www.enr.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. Ramos, Camila Julia Pacheco; de Alencastro Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima; Fearnside, Philip Martin (2018-12-01). "Deforestation Dynamics on an Amazonian Peri-Urban Frontier: Simulating the Influence of the Rio Negro Bridge in Manaus, Brazil". Environmental Management. 62 (6): 1134–1149. doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1097-3. ISSN 1432-1009.


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