Tocantins River
Broad view.
Marabá's combined road-rail bridge crosses the Tocantins River within the urban area of Marabá, just before the start of the artificial lake of the Tucuruí hydroelectric dam, carrying a railway and a road in a single structure. Its first purpose was to let Carajás Railway trains loaded with iron ore cross the river towards the port of Itaqui. Today it carries the railway that moves freight and passengers between Pará and Maranhão and the BR-155 highway, and it is the main link between Marabá's outlying districts and its centre, and between south-eastern Pará and the northern coast. It is 2,340 metres long with no expansion joints; the traffic lanes on either side run left-hand, with the railway in the middle. The bridge is clearly visible from the riverbanks and makes a fine sight at sunset over the broad Tocantins.
Broad view.
Iron ore.
From the banks.
Over the Tocantins River, Marabá, Pará
Carajás Railway trains and the BR-155 road, in one structure.