Rio–Niterói Bridge

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Description

President Costa e Silva Bridge, commonly known as the Rio-Niterói Bridge, is a box girder bridge crossing Guanabara Bay, in the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. It is currently the longest prestressed concrete bridge in the southern hemisphere, and the sixth longest in the world. From its completion in 1974 until 1985 it was the world's second-longest bridge, second only to Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.HistoryThe concept dates to 1875, when a bridge-and-tunnel connection was envisioned between two cities separated by Guanabara Bay and connected by road only via inland journey of more than 100km through the city of Magé.In 1963, a working group was created to study a bridge-building project. On December 29, 1965, an executive committee was formed to run the bridge-building program. President Artur da Costa e Silva signed a decree on August 23, 1968, authorizing the project for the bridge. The bridge program was run by Minister of Transport Mario Andreazza.Construction began symbolically on August 23, 1968, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh alongside Mario Andreazza in on their first, and thus far only, visit to Brazil. Actual work began in January 1969.

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Rio–Niterói Bridge is Rio de Janeiro based place and this enity listed in Bridge category.