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2024

It's the longest bridge ever built in Peru, and so far, it goes nowhere

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It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon. So far, it goes nowhere. It's part of a federal highway project faces opposition from Indigenous tribes. They fear that the construction will spread land-grabbing, deforestation and drug trafficking that have plagued similar projects across the world’s largest rainforest.