{{Expand Portuguese|topic=struct|Ponte Jornalista Phelippe Daou|date=January 2021}} {{Expand German|topic=struct|Ponte Rio Negro|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox bridge |bridge_name= Rio Negro Bridge |image= 2019-10-05 Rio Negro Bridge (Manaus).jpg |caption= Rio Negro Bridge, 2019. |official_name= Journalist Phelippe Daou Bridge |carries= 4 lanes of roadway |crosses=Rio Negro |locale=Manaus and Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil |named_for= |id= |design= Cable-stayed bridge |mainspan= 2x{{convert|200|m}} |length= {{convert|3595|m}} |width= |height= {{convert|185|m}}<ref name="GovernoAM">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazonas.am.gov.br/2011/10/governo-do-amazonas-conclui-ponte-rio-negro-um-marco-para-a-integracao-da-regiao-metropolitana-de-manaus/|title=Governo do Amazonas inaugura ponte Rio Negro, um marco para a integração da Região Metropolitana de Manaus|access-date=2019-10-30|publisher=Governo do Estado do Amazonas}}</ref> |clearance= {{convert|55|m}}<ref name="GovernoAM" /> |below= |traffic= |begin=December 3, 2007|open= October 24, 2011 |closed= |map_image= |map_width= |coordinates= {{Coord|3|7|19|S|60|04|46|W}} }}
The '''Journalist Phelippe Daou Bridge''' ({{langx|pt|'''Ponte Rio Negro'''}}) is the fourth longest bridge<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Rio Negro Bridge, $400-Million Economic Link, Opens in Amazon Basin|url=https://www.enr.com/articles/4905-rio-negro-bridge-400-million-economic-link-opens-in-amazon-basin|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.enr.com|language=en}}</ref> in Brazil at {{convert|3595|m}} long, with a cable-stayed bridge section of {{convert|400|m}},<ref name=":2" /> over the Rio Negro that links the city of Manaus with the small town of Iranduba in the state of Amazonas in Brazil.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/29/manaus-bridge-amazon-rainforest|title=First Amazon bridge to open world's greatest rainforest to development|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2010-08-05|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> It spans the Rio Negro just before its confluence with the Amazon River, and is the only major bridge across the Amazon or any tributary in the Amazon basin.<ref name=":0" /> Its construction was marked by controversy over the potential effects of roadbuilding in the Amazon basin, which could lead to deforestation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Rio Negro Bridge, $400-Million Economic Link, Opens in Amazon Basin|url=https://www.enr.com/articles/4905-rio-negro-bridge-400-million-economic-link-opens-in-amazon-basin?v=preview|access-date=2021-01-31|website=www.enr.com|language=en}}</ref> A 2018 study found that the construction of this bridge did induce deforestation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ramos|first1=Camila Julia Pacheco|last2=de Alencastro Graça|first2=Paulo Maurício Lima|last3=Fearnside|first3=Philip Martin|date=2018-12-01|title=Deforestation Dynamics on an Amazonian Peri-Urban Frontier: Simulating the Influence of the Rio Negro Bridge in Manaus, Brazil|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1097-3|journal=Environmental Management|language=en|volume=62|issue=6|pages=1134–1149|doi=10.1007/s00267-018-1097-3|pmid=30171329 |s2cid=52141121 |issn=1432-1009|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
A quintessential Bridge to nowhere, it does not connect to the south side of the Amazon River and the rest of Brazil. Its construction has raised the possibility of expansion and reconstruction of the federal highway BR-319, which links the region to Porto Velho, Rondônia, and thus to the rest of Brazil.<ref name=":1" /> That road is on the south side of the Amazon, and so any vehicle from Manaus would still have to make a ferry connection across the main stem of the Amazon, despite the completion of the Rio Negro bridge. <gallery mode="packed"> File:Ponte Rio Negro Inauguração.jpg|Inauguration of the bridge </gallery>
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==External links== *[http://www.seinfra.am.gov.br/ Secretaria de Estado de Infraestrutura - SEINFRA] (Infrastructure Site of the State of Amazonas) {{Manaus}} {{Authority control}}
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Category:Cable-stayed bridges in Brazil Category:Manaus Category:Buildings and structures in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Category:Transport in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Category:Bridges completed in 2011
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