Prainha Viaduct

Prainha Viaduct
Viaduto Prainha
Ronaldo de Souza Bridge
Viaduto Ronaldo de Souza
Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil
328 feet high / 100 meters high
(148) foot span / (45) meter span
2009

Completed in 2009, the towering 2-lane Prainha Viaduct was constructed to bypass a landslide prone stretch of route BR-381 in a mountainous region of the Minas Gerais region of Brazil. Officially named the Ronaldo de Souza Bridge, a local lawyer and businessman, the 510 meter structure consists of 12 beam spans supported on pillars that reach a maximum height of 98 meters to the underside of a 13.2 meter wide road deck.