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LatAm's Longest Overwater Bridge Project in Brazil Faces Hurdles

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Brazil is building the Salvador-Itaparica Bridge, which will be Latin America’s longest overwater bridge at 12.4 kilometers. It will connect Salvador, Bahia’s capital, to Itaparica Island, replacing a ferry system that has run since 1970 but often causes long delays. Without the ferry, travelers face a 150-kilometer detour around the bay. Chinese state-owned companies are […]

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Media Minister Diana Buzoianu said Saturday that, from what he has discovered so far, there will be projects that have not been advanced and that we will have to give up, unfortunately, which she has given the example of the Romance Sea, on bars, where most of the investments are not nearly advanced, and here an audit is being carried out.

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In a video released on the last Thursday, 2, the former president of Salvador ACM Neto criticized President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's statement on the construction of the bridge of Itaparica. This project, according to the federal government, should connect the Baana capital to the Isle of Itaparica. See this photo in Instagram A publication shared by ACM Neto (@acmnetoofficial) “The president said that the bridge finally went out, but where d…

In Brazil, the federal capital Salvador separated by the Bay of Todos os Santos and the island of Itaparica, known for their landscapes and ancient traditions, have been connected by sea for centuries. In 2025, however, an old plan to connect them through a bridge reappeared. The bridge Salvador-Itaparica, designed in 1967, is intended to [...] The post Brazil plans the longest overwater bridge in Latin America first appeared on latinapress News.

BAHÍA, Brazil – The city of Salvador and the island of Itaparica have been linked for centuries by sea routes through the bay of Todos los Santos. Located at the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, in northwestern Brazil, the island is known for its natural beauty [...] This article Brazilian bridge project on the sea advances despite socio-environmental risks was originally published in IPS News Agency

The leader of the Lula government in the Senate, Jaques Wagner, responded to the provocation made by the former mayor of Salvador, ACM Neto, on social media this Thursday (3), pointing out what would be lies by him, Rui Costa and governor Jerônimo Rodrigues when discussing the promises of the Salvador-Itaparica bridge. Wagner compared the impasse of the bridge with that of the Metro, which was under the jurisdiction of the city of Salvador. “The…

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