The long-awaited structure will connect the city of Presidente Franco in Paraguay with Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil, creating a new route for trade, tourism, and regional cooperation across the Triple Frontier. This is the second bridge spanning the Paraná River. Paraguayan President Santiago Peña held a separate event on the Paraguayan side of the bridge, which. The completion of the Ponte da Integração Brasil-Paraguai, the friendship bridge linking Brazil and Paraguay, is a long-awaited second connection between the two countries with a main span of 470 meters, making it the longest in Latin America. A project of this size required suitably large. The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened to vehicle traffic on Friday during a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.