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General Information

Name in local language: Puente El Zacatal
Completion: October 1994
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 18° 37' 24.29" N    91° 50' 15.22" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

width 9 m
length 3 861 m
number of lanes 2

Materials

piers reinforced concrete
girders precast prestressed concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Zacatal Bridge (Spanish: Puente El Zacatal) is located southwest of Ciudad del Carmen, in the state of Campeche in Mexico. It connects the Atasta peninsula and the Isla del Carmen.

This is the longest bridge in the state and at the time of opening the longest in Mexico with a length of 3,861 m (12,667 ft) and a width of 9 m (30 ft). It is a two-lane road bridge for the Federal Highway 180. It is one of the busiest in the country since it is the gateway to the Yucatán Peninsula.

The superstructure is composed entirely of prefabricated elements to base being: 121 heads of precast concrete, 496 Type IV girders Aastha amended and 8 box girders well as 124 post-tensioned concrete slabs. It was completed in October 1994.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Zacatal Bridge" and modified on December 16, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20089997
  • Published on:
    12/12/2024
  • Last updated on:
    13/12/2024
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