Newton Navarro bridge
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| Official name | Bridge of All Newton Navarro |
| Crosses | Potengi River |
| Locale | Natal, Brazil |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| AADT | 25,000 |
| Beginning date of construction | October 24, 2004 |
| Completion date | November 1, 2007 |
| Opening date | November 20, 2007 |
The Newton Navarro Bridge, is one of the biggest cable-stayed bridge of Brazil located in the city of Natal, capital of the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Norte. It binds to the quarters of the Zone North and the municipios of the coast north of the state to the quarters of the South Zone and other regions of the city passing for the Potengi River.
The main purpose is the removel of hindrance of the traffic is Igapó bridge, to improve the access to the future International Airport of São Gonçalo do Amarante and the new enterprises that comes if installing in the Zone North, beyond facilitating and increasing the flow of tourist in the coast north and facilitating saida of the inhabitants of the Zone the North for the quarters downtown and other zones of the capital.
Its name homages Newton Navarro, an important local artist.
