The Héroes del Chaco Bridge () is a cable-stayed

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that connects the city of

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and

Nueva Asunción Nueva Asunción (''New Asunción'') is a Paraguayan district located in the Presidente Hayes Department, on the western bank of the Paraguay River, about 5 km from Asunción. Previously the area was known as Chaco'i, which means «little chaco» i ...

. It crosses the

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in order to link the Paraguayan eastern and western regions. It was built to help decongest the Remanso Bridge, located eight km upstream. It will be the only large-span bridge in the capital, and the first to link it with the Western Region. It was officially inaugurated by President

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on March 3, 2024.

Etymology

Its name is a tribute to the combatants of the

Chaco War The Chaco War (, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

and

History

In December 2019, construction for the Héroes del Chaco Bridge was awarded to the Unión Consortium, made up of the companies CDD Construcciones S.A. and Constructora Heisecke S.A. The groundbreaking ceremony for the work took place on 12 June 2020, on the 85th anniversary of the signing of the Peace of Chaco. The bridge has a total extension of 7,409 meters, starting from the Costanera de Asunción roundabout to the Nueva Asunción zone, which in turn will connect with Route PY09. It includes the road section of 4,800 meters and the structure section of 2,609 meters (600 meters of cable stays and 2,009 meters of viaduct). The estimated initial execution period was 36 months. Along with the Nanawa Bridge in Concepción and the Remanso Bridge in Mariano Roque Alonso, they are the only bridges that connect the two regions of Paraguay.

References

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