Newton Navarro bridge

The Newton Navarro Bridge, is one of the biggest cable-stayed bridge of Brazil located in the city of Natal, capital of the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Norte. It binds to the quarters of the Zone North and the municipios of the coast north of the state to the quarters of the South Zone and other regions of the city passing for the Potengi River.

Newton Navarro Bridge

Official name                                     Bridge of All Newton Navarro

Crosses                                              Potengi River

Locale                                                Natal, Brazil

Design                                               Cable-stayed bridge

Beginning date of construction        October 24, 2004

Completion date                               November 1, 2007

Opening date                                    November 20, 2007

The main purpose is the removel of hindrance of the traffic is Igapó bridge, to improve the access to the future Greater Natal International Airport and the new enterprises that comes if installing in the Zone North, beyond facilitating and increasing the flow of tourist in the coast north and facilitating saida of the inhabitants of the Zone the North for the quarters downtown and other zones of the capital. Its name homages Newton Navarro, an important local artist.