Tancredo Neves Bridge

The Tancredo Neves Bridge, better known as Fraternity Bridge connects the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu with the Argentine Puerto Iguazú, spanning the Iguazú River. Measuring 489 meters long, 16.5 meters wide, and 70 meters high, it began with a 1972 letter of intent and officially opened on November 29, 1985. It was named after Tancredo Neves, a Brazilian politician, despite early proposals by local Argentine officials to name it “Santa Maria”.

This was our final border crossing of the day after successfully completing our challenge of visiting each ARBRPY tripoint marker in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Arriving at the Brazilian passport control there was little option but to walk the 2.5 km to the Argentinian control point. This would give us opportunity to take time crossing the bridge and not pay the expensive cross border taxi fare.

Click on map above for Google map location. TP = Tripoint marker

Brazilian side

Since our visit the old Brazilian customs and passport control point has been replaced with the new one which was under construction in November 2025.

Old Brazilian Control Point.

New Brazilian Control Point

A new Brazilian customs and control infrastructure (nova aduana) is being built near the Tancredo Neves Bridge in Foz do Iguaçu to integrate with the new Perimetral Leste highway, though full operational launch has faced delays. Funded by Itaipu Binacional, it is part of the Ponte da Integração road complex, which includes the Brazilian customs office at Ponte da Integração and the East Perimeter Highway, which crosses the city connecting the Paraguayan border to the Três Lagoas region.

The Bridge

The Bridge was not busy when we crossed. There were no border signs, however the bridge was painted in the respective countries colours so it was easy to identify the border.

Argentinian side

The Argentinean control point was still some distance from the bridge, and there were long delays for both traffic and pedestrians. We were lucky and cleared quickly, although I am not quite sure how we blagged our way to the front of the queue. Once through a short hop back to our hotel.