Sunday, October 22, 2023

2013 Baluarte Bridge in Mexico

(Satellite, 1,439 photos)

roadtraffic-technology, Image courtesy of the Mexican Government
"The 403m tall bridge is the Guinness World Record holder for the highest cable-stayed bridge. It is also the second highest bridge in the world." [Both records would be as of 2013.]

TheMazatlanPost
"It is the highest in America, it was inaugurated in 2012 and was built by crossing the famous “Espinazo del Diablo”" [But it wasn't opened to the public until 2013.]

datajembatan
"The bridge's four-lane roadway, 20 metres (66 ft) wide by 1,124 metres (3,688 ft) long, is supported at a height of 403 metres (1,322 ft) above the Baluarte riverbed by 12 piers, two of which are also pylons (towers). Each of the two pylons measures 18 by 8.56 metres (59 by 28.1 ft) at its base, widens in the centre to carry the roadway before tapering upwards to 8 by 4.10 metres (26 by 13.5 ft) wide at its top; the taller, P5, is 169 metres (554 ft) high. 76 steel cables pass over saddles in the pylons to form 152 suspenders in a two plane semi-fan layout. The tallest intermediate pier, P9, is 148 metres (486 ft) high....The new Mazatlán–Durango highway will include 63 tunnels and 32 bridges, eight of which will be over 300 metres (980 ft) high....Around 2,000 vehicles are expected to use the bridge daily."

This is another cable-stayed bridge where the approach spans are supported with both piers and cables. 
HighestBridges
"1,706 foot span / 520 meter span"

It has the same slanted tops of the towers that I have seen in China. 
Street View, Jul 2022

Highway Engineering Discoveries posted
Bridge Construction, Mexico
Julio Cesar Diaz: Baluarte Bridge, Photo took Probably between 2009 and 2011 when construction took place.

TheMazatlanPost
"Originally it was intended that the bridge would be inaugurated in 2010, the year of the Bicentennial, however, the work was delayed and was inaugurated two years later, being open to the public until 2013."

This shows only a fraction of the long, high approach on the west side and a tunnel on the east side.
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