📋 Tender Overview
The construction of the Bioceanic bridge, which will link Carmelo Peralta, department of Alto Paraguay, with Puerto Muttinho in Brazil, reached a general advance of 68.92% until April 2025, with important progress in the construction of accesses, main structures and complementary elements. As for the accesses, the main embankment was already completed in its entirety. In addition, an auxiliary embankment began that will facilitate the entry of heavy machinery, accompanied by cleaning tasks in soil extraction areas. Likewise, the materials for the structural layers are being verified, from a quarry located in Carmelo Peralta. On the other hand, the access viaducts are finished at both ends of the bridge, including the board. Currently, anti -collision laces and the bases to install security barriers on the right side of the Paraguayan viaduct are executed, which will strengthen protection for users once the work is enabled. Production in zone to optimize times In order to save time and avoid logistics delays, the daily manufacture of tiles that will be part of the bridge sidewalks is made in the works area. These tiles, made in concrete, will allow the safe pedestrian step. Also, in the main stack No. 13 (on the Paraguayan side), the shooting dovela was completed, an initial piece from which the bridge board begins to be built, which will be the traffic surface for vehicles and pedestrians. At the same time, work on the approval of the tensioned plan for the first straps, responsible for sustaining and distributing the weight of the structure. At the same time, the assembly of the progress car began, a metal structure designed to assemble bridge segments in the air, without the need for scaffolding from the ground. Strategic importance This bridge is an essential component of the Bioceanic Road Corridor, a project that seeks to connect Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Paraguayan Chaco. The work will not only improve physical connectivity between Paraguay and Brazil, but will also promote regional integration and economic development in South America. The initiative, led by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) and funded by Itaipu Binacional, represents an example of cooperation. The works are in charge of the Pybra Binational Consortium. Date: May 7, 2025
