the bridge can easily be accessed following the perimetral and and can be accessed from avenida brasil - travel time from rio's zona sul is about 45 minutes, depending on traffic conditions, with typically congested traffic during business days starting at around 5 to 6 pm.

taxi rides from zona sul to niterói can vary between less than 100 reals to about 150 reals for the very distant neighborhoods.

if going by bus, the air conditioned buses 761d, 751d, 741d, and 7400 make stops along zona sul, and travel to niterói over the rio-niterói bridge.  

buses to niterói have their starting point in ipanema, on praça general osório, corner rua gomes carneiro very easy to find about 3 minutes walk from the beach at posto 8, and across the zona sul supermarket.