Héroes del Chaco Bridge

Héroes del Chaco Bridge Puente Héroes del Chaco
Héroes del Chaco Bridge
Coordinates	25°14′34.1″S 57°35′30.2″W
Crosses	Paraguay River
Locale	Asunción and Nueva Asunción
Preceded by	Remanso Bridge
Followed by	General Belgrano Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	7,409 metres (24,308 ft)
Longest span	2,609 metres (8,560 ft)
History
Constructed by	CDD Construcciones and Constructora Heisecke
Opened	March 4, 2024
Inaugurated	March 3, 2024
Statistics
Toll	₲ 10,000 (Cat. 1)[1] ₲ 17,000 (Cat. 2)
Location

The Héroes del Chaco Bridge (Spanish: Puente Héroes del Chaco) is a cable-stayed bridge in Paraguay that connects the city of Asunción and Nueva Asunción.[2] It crosses the Paraguay River 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 Santiago Peña on March 3, 2024.[3]

Etymology

Its name is a tribute to the combatants of the Chaco War and was selected through a citizen participation process. The symbolic act of laying the foundation stone took place on 12 June 2020, a date that commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Peace of Chaco, a protocol that ended this war between Bolivia and Paraguay.

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.[4] 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.[5][6]

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

1. Peaje del puente Héroes del Chaco: esta va a ser su tarifa
2. "Puente Héroes del Chaco ya se encuentra en fase de construcción". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 June 2020.
3. Llegó el gran día: puente Héroes del Chaco será inaugurado hoy
4. "MOPC adjudicó la construcción del Puente Asunción-Chaco'i". Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (in Spanish). 19 December 2019.
5. "Adjudican a Consorcio Unión la obra del puente a Chaco'i". Última Hora (in Spanish). 19 December 2019.
6. "Puente Héroes del Chaco dará prioridad a vehículos livianos, señala MOPC". Última Hora (in Spanish). 9 August 2023.