The Baluarte Bridge ( Spanish: Puente Baluarte Bicentenario ) is a cable - stayed bridge in Mexico that connects the states of Sinaloa and Durango . It is the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world [1] , the third highest bridge in the world as a whole and the highest bridge in the western hemisphere [2] [3] .
| Baluarte Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Bridge under construction | |
| Official name | Puente Baluarte Bicentenario |
| Application area | car |
| Crosses | |
| Location | Concordia , Sinaloa and Pueblo Nuevo , Durango , Mexico |
| Design | |
| Type of construction | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | reinforced concrete |
| Main span | 520 m |
| total length | 1,124 m |
| Bridge width | 19.8 m |
| Arch height above water | 403 m |
| Exploitation | |
| Cost | 2.45 billion pesos |
| Start of construction | January 21, 2008 |
| Construction completion | January 5, 2012 |
| Opening | 2013 |
The grand opening of the bridge happened on January 5, 2012. The length of the bridge is 1124 m. The height is 403 meters. The bridge crosses a mountain gorge along which the Baluarte River flows. The bridge reduced the travel time by six hours between the city of Mazatlan on the Pacific coast and the capital of Durango in the central part of the country.
Notes
- ↑ Highest cable-stayed bridge opens in Mexico . Guinness World Records (January 5, 2012).
- ↑ Mexico inaugurates the world's highest cable-stayed bridge (English) , BBC News (January 6, 2012).
- ↑ Mexico Receives Guinness Record For Highest Suspension Bridge (Link unavailable) . Fox News Latino (January 6, 2012). Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived January 7, 2012.
Literature
- Guzman L., Sanchez S., Reyes E., Robles V., Patron A., Morales E. Construction technology and geometric control of the Baluarte cable-stayed bridge in Mexico // Peace Building. - M. , 2015. - No. 2 . - S. 30-37 .