Nanay Bridge, Peru
The Nanay Bridge is a 2.2 km bridge crossing the Nanay River, north of the city of Iquitos, Peru. The bridge will connect the district of Bellavista on the right bank of the Nanay River with the district of Santo Tomas on the left bank.
With a population of almost half a million people, Iquitos is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road. Tucked away in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, it is currently accessible only by river and air. Thanks to this project, the city will finally be connected to the rest of the Loreto Region.
The main structure is a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 242 m and a total length of 424 m. The approach structures are 1.2 km long on the right bank of the river and 320 m long on the left bank.
The bridge carries two lanes of traffic and two pedestrian walkways. The roadway has a total width of 12 m, and each pedestrian walkway is 1.2 m wide.
It uses lightweight composite steel and concrete to minimize the use of concrete and reduce loads transferred to the foundations.
For this project, Dextra has supplied 100,000 Bartec couplers for rebar connection and 30,000 headed bars for shear reinforcement of the anchors.
Once completed, it will be the longest bridge in the country.