Chinese consortium to build Latin America’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Brazil

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A consortium of Chinese companies is set to build much of the 46.8-kilometre Salvador–Itaparica Bridge in Brazil, including a 12.4-kilometre crossing of the Bay of All Saints. The project is planned for completion in 2031 and is described as Latin America’s longest cable-stayed bridge.

Chinese contractors will build Latin America’s longest cable-stayed bridge, a trans-bay span in Brazil, as their latest stamp on new infrastructure overseas. A consortium of Chinese companies is set to construct much of the Salvador-Itaparica Bridge, which is due to become the region’s biggest cross-sea project supported by cables once completed in 2031, Chinese and Brazilian media said. They would contribute to a 46.8km (29-mile) project including 12.4km crossing the Bay of All Saints along the...