Rio–Niterói Bridge

- 22.871111111111 - 43.156666666667Koordinaten: 22 ° 52 ' 16 " S, 43 ° 9' 24 " W

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Rio de Janeiro - Vitória

Guanabara Bay

The Niterói Bridge, officially, was the " Ponte Presidente Costa e Silva " in honor of the Brazilian president whose term of construction, but is usually called Ponte Niterói on site, is a bridge across the Guanabara bay in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It connects the city of Rio de Janeiro with the eastern neighbor city Niteroi. The main opening of the bridge is a steel structure with 300 m span and is one of the longest bar in the world media. The ramp bridges are made of prestressed concrete, and have usually spans of 80 m.

The length of the bridge, which runs in an east-west direction, is 13,290 m, of which 8,836 m above water. At the highest point it runs in 72 m height above the sea level. The bridge is estimated 400,000 people daily happens to the average of about 144,000 vehicles and is part of the trunk road between Rio de Janeiro and Vitoria, 533 km from the capital of the state of Espírito Santo.

The official start of construction took place in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on 23 August 1968, which opened on March 4, 1974.

In 1995 the bridge was privatized; the bridge company CCR Ponte S. A. may levy tolls for twenty years. The route costs 2008 Real 1.75 for motorcycles, R $ 3.50 for passenger cars and possibly R $ 21.00 for heavy trucks with trailers. ( Exchange rate in February 2008: about 2.55 reais / €, 0.40 € / R $)

The construction of the bridge followed, inter alia, the dynamic development of about 160 km east of nearby holiday resort of Costa do Sol with the original inter alia, by Brigitte Bardot popularized Buzios as well-known seaside of international standing.