Pedro Ivo Campos bridge, Steel bridge in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Pedro Ivo Campos Bridge is one of the three bridges linking Santa Catarina Island to the mainland in Florianópolis. It has two parallel spans of concrete and steel resting on massive rectangular piers, with steel girders and cross-bracing visible underneath. The roadway carries four lanes in the island direction.
Work on this third link between island and mainland started in 1982 and was completed nine years later. The structure took the name of governor Pedro Ivo Campos.
The bridge design mirrors its twin structure, Colombo Salles Bridge, featuring a central steel span that received funding from the National Development Bank.
Traffic on the crossing grows heavy during morning and evening rush hours. Traveling outside these times tends to make the journey smoother.
The bridge's design was adapted from the Colombo Salles Bridge, but its central span was built in steel rather than concrete, a change that eased financing from BNDES, then called BNDE. The crossing opened on 8 March 1991, nine years after work began in 1982.
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