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It is 13.29 kilometres (8.26 mi) long – 8.836 kilometres (5.490 mi) over water and the bridge's 300-metre (980 ft) central span is 72 metres (236 ft) high in order to allow the passage of hundreds of ships entering and leaving the bay every month. At the time it was completed, the
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central span was the longest box girder in the world; it has since been surpassed by the 301-metre (988 ft) main span of the
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signed a decree on 23 August 1968, authorizing the project for the bridge. The bridge program was run by
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Possível mudança de nome da Ponte Rio-Niterói irrita militares
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