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How much did Libertador General San Martín Bridge cost to build?

The Libertador General San Martin Bridge is the international road bridge over the Uruguay River between Puerto Unzue (Gualeguaychu, Argentina) and Fray Bentos (Uruguay), with an 8 m roadway and two cantilevered sidewalks of 1.50 m, administered by the Administering Commission of the Uruguay River (CARU), whose construction contract was awarded in 1972 to the International Bridge Consortium and which was officially inaugurated on 16 September 1976. The departmental government of Rio Negro says that its total cost came to 23 million dollars, against the 21.7 million dollars set when the contract was awarded.