Brazil and Paraguay launch licitation for Bioceanic Bridge

Brazil and Paraguay have started the bidding process for the construction of the Bioceanic Bridge that will link Carmelo Peralta (Department of Alto Paraguai) to Porto Murtinho (MS), passing over the Paraguay River. Currently, this route can only be done by ferry.

Itaipu Binacional will finance the work. The bidding was budgeted at US$7.5m and includes hiring a company for a feasibility study, final engineering design, and supervision of the construction of the new bridge.

The technical studies are expected to be completed in 8 months and work should be tendered in the first semester of 2020. The bridge will be 680 meters long.

The bioceanic bridge is scheduled to be completed in April 2023 and has an estimated cost of $75m.

Bioceanic corridor

Besides the bridge, Paraguay plans to finish 50 kilometers of the bioceanic corridor by the end of the year.

It is worth remembering that the Bioceanic Corridor project – which aims to unite Brazil with Chile through Paraguay – is underway in its first stretch, from Carmelo Peralta to Loma Plata, in what will be the first paved road in the department of Alto Paraguay.

Construction began in February of this year and, according to the schedule, it is expected that by the end of the year the first 40 to 50 kilometers will be completed. This work was budgeted at $420m.

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