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Old harbour district, Florianópolis, Brazil, on Santa Catarina Island, with the Hercilio Luz Bridge in the background.
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Hercilio Luz Bridge

bridge, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Also known as: Florianópolis Bridge

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  • Mackinac Bridge
    In David Barnard Steinman

    …United States in constructing the Florianópolis Bridge in Brazil, the beginning of a long partnership. That bridge, then the largest in South America, incorporated a new type of stiffening truss and new cable construction.

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Florianópolis

  • Old harbour district, Florianópolis, Brazil, on Santa Catarina Island, with the Hercilio Luz Bridge in the background.
    In Florianópolis

    …to the mainland by the Hercílio Luz Bridge (1926), a suspension bridge (2,788 feet [846 metres]) that is one of the longest bridges in Brazil.

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