Fraternity Bridge

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Fraternity Bridge
Official name	Tancredo Neves Bridge
Carries	vehicular traffic
Crosses	Iguassu River
Locale	Foz do Iguaçu to Puerto Iguazú
Design	hollow box, haunched Cantilever bridge
Longest span	220 metres (720 ft)^[1]
Total length	489 metres (1,600 ft)
Width	16.5 metres (54 ft)
Height	70 metres (230 ft)
Clearance below	65.38 metres (214.5 ft)
Beginning date of construction	1982-01-13
Opening date	1985-11-29
Coordinates	25°35′20″S 54°33′42″W / -25.588933, -54.56157Coordinates: 25°35′20″S 54°33′42″W / -25.588933, -54.56157

The Tancredo Neves Bridge, better known as Fraternity Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte da Fraternidade, Spanish: Puente de la Fraternidad) connects the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu with the Argentine Puerto Iguazú, crossing over the Iguassu River.

The idea of building the bridge had begun after the construction of the Friendship Bridge 1965, between Brazil and Paraguay. The Fraternity Bridge's construction started on January 13, 1982, and was officially inaugurated on November 29, 1985, and named after Brazilian politician Tancredo Neves.

The bridge is 489 metres (1,604 ft) long, 16.5 metres (54 ft) wide and 70 metres (230 ft) high at its highest point.

It is of much less economic importance to the region than the Friendship Bridge and does not have the traffic and social problems that the latter one has nowadays.