Peru’s Ministry of Transport & Communication today announced the tender to carry out final studies and build the country’s longest suspension bridge, the President Guillermo Billinghurst Bridge. The steelwork for the bridge has lain in an airport warehouse for 26 years since its purchase from from Waagner Biro for US$10 million. The 722m-span bridge will cross the River Madre de Dios, connecting Puerto Maldonado and Iñapari. It will improve connections between Peru and Brazil.