Stock Photo - the President JK Bridge or just the JK Bridge, crosses Lake Paranoa´´ in Brasi´´lia, D F It is named for Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, former president of Brazil, who in the late 1950s decided to build Brasi´´lia as the new capital of the country It was designed by architect Alexandre Chan and structural engineer Ma´´rio Vila Verde 1 The main span structure has four supporting pillars submerged under Lake Paranoa´´, and the deck weight is supported by three 200_foot tall asymmetrical steel arches that crisscross diagonally The decks are suspended by steel cables alternating at each side of the deck, interlacing in some kind of twisted plane parabolic like The entire structure has a total length of 1,200 m, and it was completed at a cost of US$56 8 million R$160 million _ Brazilian Reais, current 2003 2 The bridge has a pedestrian walkway and is accessible to bicyclists and skaters