- Newton Navarro Bridge
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Newton Navarro Bridge Official name Bridge of All Newton Navarro Crosses Potengi River Locale Natal, Brazil Design Cable-stayed bridge Construction begin October 24, 2004 Construction end November 1, 2007 Opened November 20, 2007 Daily traffic 25,000 Coordinates 5°45′23″S 35°12′9″W / 5.75639°S 35.2025°WCoordinates: 5°45′23″S 35°12′9″W / 5.75639°S 35.2025°W 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 of Rio Grande do Norte. It connects North Zone and the cities of the north coast to the South Zone and other regions of the city crossing Potengi River.
The main purpose is to ease the usual heavy traffic in Igapó bridge and to improve access to the future Greater Natal International Airport and its adjacent areas, also increasing the flow of tourism in the north coast and improving access of the inhabitants of the North Zone to the downtown and main zones.
It is named upon Newton Navarro, an important local artist.
Categories:- Building and structure articles needing translation from Portuguese Wikipedia
- Bridges in Brazil
- Cable-stayed bridges in Brazil
- Bridges completed in 2007
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