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by lqet 2654 days ago
This is also hardly an issue, as there are bridges longer than that [0].

As others have pointed out, the main issue is given at the end of the article: nobody needs such a bridge.

> But the real reason for the lack of bridges is simply this: the Amazon Basin has very few roads for bridges to connect. The dense rainforest is sparsely populated outside of a few large cities, and the river itself is the main highway for those traveling through the region.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_bridges