The Héroes del Chaco Bridge (Spanish: Puente Héroes del Chaco) is a cable-stayed bridge in Paraguay that connects the city of Asunción and Nueva Asunción.
[2] It crosses the Paraguay River in order to link the Paraguayan eastern and western regions.
[3] Its name is a tribute to the combatants of the Chaco War and was selected through a citizen participation process.
The symbolic act of laying the foundation stone took place on 12 June 2020, a date that commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Peace of Chaco, a protocol that ended this war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
In December 2019, construction for the Héroes del Chaco Bridge was awarded to the Unión Consortium, made up of the companies CDD Construcciones S.A. and Constructora Heisecke S.A.[4] The groundbreaking ceremony for the work took place on 12 June 2020, on the 85th anniversary of the signing of the Peace of Chaco.