It is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in Brazil, and was built off a project by the Italian engineer Mario de Miranda.

Its main purpose is to ease the usual heavy traffic on Igapó Bridge and to improve access to the future Greater Natal International Airport and its adjacent areas.

The approach viaducts have double columns piers while the deck is made of parallel simply supported precast girders with 40-meter spans.

[2] Region Daily Traffic The assistant secretary for Transport in Natal, Walter Pedro, explains that the construction of a new bridge over the Potengi is under study, connecting Baldo in the East zone to Av.

Walter Pedro assesses the situation in Igapó as saturated, and adds that in another decade Newton Navarro will reach the limit of 60 thousand vehicles per day.