Ponte do Saber ("Bridge of Knowledge") is a cable-stayed bridge in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil. Designed by architect

Alexandre Chan Alexandre Chan (born ) is a Brazilian architect best known for designing the President Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge in Brasília, Brazil with structural engineer Mario Vila Verde, and the Bridge of Knowledge in Rio de Janeiro. He has been describ ...

and completed in 2012, the bridge connects the campus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to the southbound Red Line (') expressway that leads to downtown Rio de Janeiro. The bridge was inaugurated and opened to traffic on 17 of February 2012.

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Bridges in Rio de Janeiro (city) Cable-stayed bridges in Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Guanabara Bay Bridges completed in 2012 {{Brazil-bridge-struct-stub