The Department of Roads and Highways of the southern state of Parana inspected the works and opened the 14.7-kilometer section of the perimeter road for use.

However, the National Department of Transport Infrastructure and the Federal Highway Police found that the roadworks had not been completed properly and that the circulation of cars and trucks on the avenue would pose risks to the safety of users.

The works were financed with resources from Itaipu Binacional (a gigantic hydroelectric plant that harnesses the power of water to generate clean and renewable electricity), with a small contribution from the Government of Paraná, on land ceded by the municipality.

The bridge will be opened to traffic gradually. In this first phase, empty trucks will be allowed to cross in both directions.

Designed primarily to alleviate congestion on the Friendship Bridge, this viaduct will see a constant flow of loaded trucks and will only be able to fully fulfill its purpose starting in 2027, when the equivalent perimeter road to Foz do Iguaçu is completed in the city of Porto Franco, Paraguay.

The new overpass also aims to boost tourism and trade, and improve regional integration.

It spans approximately 1,300 meters and boasts the longest free span (horizontal distance without intermediate supports) in Latin America (470 meters).

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