Puente Internacional Comandante Rosales, International bridge at Argentina-Brazil border
The Comandante Rosales International Bridge is a crossing over the Pepirí Guazú River that links Argentina's Misiones Province to Brazil's Santa Catarina State. The structure spans roughly 100 meters and provides a direct route for traffic moving between the two countries.
The bridge opened in 1994 as a key link between the two regions. Road improvements on both the Argentine and Brazilian sides continued to be completed over the following years.
The bridge serves as a meeting point between Argentine and Brazilian customs officers, who collaborate daily to manage cross-border movements.
The bridge has no towns at either end: the nearest are Cruce Caballero on the Argentine side and Paraíso on the Brazilian side, with São Miguel do Oeste and San Pedro as the closest larger centres. Argentine access is by Provincial Route 27, paved up to the bridgehead in November 2014; Brazilian access is by BR-282, paved to the bridge in 2010. Argentine customs and migration duties are handled by the Gendarmería Nacional group based in San Pedro.
The 2011 Argentina-Brazil agreement on the bridge's construction was promulgated by Brazilian decree No. 8699 of 28 March 2016, five years after it was signed in Buenos Aires on 31 January 2011. The crossing also marks the western limit of the BR-282 highway.
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