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An international bridge is a structure that provides transportation across borders. Tourists and cross-border commuters travelling between countries often use these bridges. [ 1 ] Such bridges also facilitate international trade. [ 2 ]
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [ 1 ] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders.
Brazil has terrestrial boundaries with nine countries of South America, and with the French Department of Guiana. Brazil has borders with every country in South America with the exception of Chile and Ecuador, totalling 16,885 kilometres (10,492 mi). [1] Brazil has the world's third longest land border, behind China and Russia.
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Juscelino Kubitschek), commonly called Ponte JK (English: JK Bridge), is a steel and concrete arch bridge across Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil. It connects the eastern shore of the lake – where Lago Sul , Paranoá and Brasília International Airport are located – to Brasília's city center ...
Note: There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to the end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others use the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge.
On the border between Brazil and Paraguay, lies the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, [1] which is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world in terms of annual energy generation. [citation needed] The border's Friendship Bridge is the busiest crossing point between the two countries, passage is free. [1]
Night view of the Binational Bridge Wilson Pinheiro, which crosses the Acre River between the Brazilian city of Brasileia, Acre, the city of Cobija, Bolivia. The Bolivia–Brazil border is the international border between the territories of Bolivia and Brazil. It extends from Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, to Assis Brasil, in Acre.
Horacio Guzmán International Bridge: Argentina–Bolivia border: ... Wilson Pinheiro Binational Bridge: Bolivia–Brazil border: ... Mobile view; Search.