Atanasio Girardot International Bridge, International road and pedestrian bridge between Norte de Santander, Colombia, and Táchira, Venezuela

The Atanasio Girardot International Bridge is a road bridge with pedestrian paths crossing the Táchira River between Colombia and Venezuela. The concrete structure measures over 280 meters long and provides multiple traffic lanes for vehicles traveling in both directions.

Construction began on 24 January 2014, funded equally by the governments of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Manuel Santos at an estimated cost of 32 million dollars. The bridge was finished in February 2016, but the 2015 border crisis kept it closed; in 2019 Venezuelan troops blocked the roadway with two shipping containers and a tanker trailer to stop USAID aid. Containers were removed from 15 December 2022, and the crossing reopened on 1 January 2023, when it was renamed after Atanasio Girardot.

The bridge is named after Atanasio Girardot, a Colombian independence hero who died at the Battle of Bárbula in 1813. Its original name came from the hamlet of Las Tienditas on the Venezuelan bank. It was renamed during the reopening ceremony on 1 January 2023, when delegations from both countries met on the span.

Travelers crossing must carry valid identification documents and vehicle registration when using this bridge. It is wise to check current entry requirements for both countries before attempting to cross.

The bridge is the first in Venezuela built with the cantilever method using launching gantry carriages, and its three parallel spans were concreted simultaneously from six piers. It is also the fifth international crossing on the Colombia-Venezuela border.