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Revision as of 01:34, 14 February 2013

Durango-Mazatlán Highway Tour
Carretera Durango-Mazatlán Turística


The following is a select group of images taken during a June, 2012 visit to the central portion of the Durango-Mazatlán highway as well as images from the SCT. This construction tour focused on approximately 25 of the largest bridges on the highway with a special emphasis on the spans of the central 94 kilometers between El Salto and Concordia that will finally be open to traffic in the summer of 2013. The vast majority of the 69 bridges are Nebraska-type concrete girder spans. The eight largest beam bridges are double cantilever while the 2 longest and highest crossings are cable stayed. The 230 kilometer highway also has 61 tunnels including the 2.8 kilometer El Sinaloense tunnel. I decided to briefly show some of the bridges from kilometer 1 near Durango to kilometer 91 near El Salto even though this section has been open since 2008. The stretch between Las Adjuntas at kilometer 111 to Panuco at kilometer 186 is where all the new construction has been underway.


BaluarteBridge7 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm30-40.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 30 - 40.


NeveriasBridge copy.jpg

Puente Neverías en el kilómetro 33. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ChicoBridge3 copy.jpg

Puente Rio Chico en el kilómetro 37. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm50-55.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 50 -55.


SaucedoBridge3 copy.jpg

Puente Saucedo en el kilómetro 51. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LaPintaBridge copy.jpg

Puente La Pinta en el kilómetro 53. Puente está a 70 metros de altura. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElChicleBridge3 copy.jpg

Puente El Chicle en el kilómetro 54. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm130-140Skyscrapercity.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 130 -140.


PuebloNuevoAerial.jpg

Puente Pueblo Nuevo at kilometer 133 has two main spans of 106 meters. The height is 114 meters. Image by SCT


PuebloNuevoBridge4 copy.jpg

Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PuebloNuevoBridge17 copy.jpg

Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PuebloAerial2.jpg

Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by SCT


PasoDePiedraBridge2 copy.jpg

Puente Paso De Piedra en el kilómetro 134. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PasoDePiedraBridge9 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PasoDePiedraBridge18 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PasoDePiedraBridge32 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm135-148Skyscrapercity.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElMagueyalBridge copy.jpg

Puente El Magueyal en el kilómetro 134.. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElMagueyalAerial.jpg

Puente El Magueyal. Image by SCT


PiedraColoradaTunnel2 copy.jpg

Túnel Piedra Colorada. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


CantilBridge2 copy.jpg

Puente Cantil. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


CantilSatellite.jpg

Puente Cantil satélite.


DurangoHighwayCanyonView2 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHighwayCut copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge2 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge14 copy.jpg

Puente Botijas. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge15 copy.jpg

Una familia disfruta del puente Botijas! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge8 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge23 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasBridge37 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BotijasSatellite2.jpg

Puente Botijas satélite.


DurangoHwyKm150-157Skyscrapercity.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 150 - 157


PlatanitoPuente2.jpg

Puente El Platanito. Image by SCT


ElPlatanitoSatellite.jpg

Puente El Platanito satélite.


BaluarteBridge133 copy.JPG

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


BaluarteBridge97 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LeoneraI&IItunnels.jpg

Túnel Leonera I y II. Image by SCT


BaluarteBuildings.jpg

Image by SCT


BaluarteLadderPier.jpg

Image by SCT


ElFrijolarTunnel.jpg

Túnels El Frijolar. Image by SCT


ElFrijolarDiagram.jpg

Túnel El Frijolar mmmmmmm Image by SCT


ElFrijolarDiagram2.jpg

Túnel El Frijolar mmmm Image by SCT


BaluarteTunnelDurangoPortal.jpg

Túnel Baluarte Image by SCT


BaluarteTunnelDurangoPortal2.jpg

Túnel Baluarte Image by SCT


BaluarteTunnelEntDiagrams.jpg

Image by SCT


ElVaralTunnel copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElVaralTunnelStressDiagram.jpg

Image by SCT


GuamuchilBridge4 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LosMorillosBridge5 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


GuamuchillFalseTunnelDiagram.jpg

Image by SCT


DurangoHwySigns.jpg

Image by SCT


ElCarrizoDrawing copy.jpg

Puente El Carrizo. Image by SCT


ElCarrizoBridge36 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoBridge18 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoFinalElevationWMeasurement.jpg

Puente El Carrizo drawing by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoBridge11 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoBridge13 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


MezcalaTowerComparisonFinal.jpg

Más altos puentes de México y Torre Mayor diagram by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoBridge21 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElCarrizoBridge27 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm157-180.jpg

Image by SCT


ElCarrizoSatelliteNew.jpg

Puente El Carrizo satélite.


DurangoHwyKm167-175Skyscrapercity.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 167 - 175


LaCascadaBridge2 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


SinaloeneseGeoDiagrams.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseDurangoPortal1.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseDurangoPortal2.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelingProcess.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelMeasurements.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseTunnel2 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


SinaloeneseDiagrams.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloenesePlasticStress.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelLiningImage.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelLining.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelLiningImage2.jpg

Image by SCT


DrainageDiagram.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelLights.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelIntelligence.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseSinaloaPortal1.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloenseTunnelSatellite.jpg

Sinaloense tunnel saaaaa


SinaloenesePortal.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseSinaloaPortal2.jpg

Image by SCT


SinaloeneseTunnel copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ChirimoyoBridge2 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoHwyKm175-188.jpg

Puentes de kilómetros 175 - 188


SantaLuciaBridge313ftH copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


SantaLuciaBridge15 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


SantaLuciaBridge9 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by SCT


SantaLuciaFalseTunnelDiagram.jpg

Image by SCT


SantaLuciaAreaBridges copy.jpg

Image by SCT


Reforma copy.jpg

Image by SCT


LaCapillaSatellite.jpg

Puente La Capilla satélite.


LaCapillaBridge17 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LaCapillaBridge4 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


SinaloaAfterElNacaralTunnel copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DevilsBackboneSign.jpg

Image by SCT


ElNacaralBridge17 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


DurangoPiersTop.jpg

Image by SCT


ElNacaralBridge21 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


NebraskaBeamDiaphrams.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeam.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler2.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler2 copy.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler3.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler4 copy.jpg

Image by SCT


NebraskaBeamTraveler4 copy 5.jpg

Image by SCT


ElNacaralBridge6 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


ElNacaralSatellite.jpg

Puente El Nacaral satélite.


LasPalomasBridge4 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LasPalomasSatellite.jpg

Puente Las Palomas satélite.


JabalinaBridge copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


JabalinaBridge12 copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


JabalinaSatellite.jpg

Puente Jabalina satélite.


PanucoBridge.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PanucoBridge2.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


PanucoSatellite.jpg

Puente Panuco satélite.


LaGuayaneraBridge168ftH copy.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


LaGuayaneraSatellite.jpg

Puente La Guayanera satélite.


Km196Aerial.jpg

Image by SCT


CascadaSatellite.jpg

Puente Cascada satélite.


SantaLuciaNewSatellite.jpg

Puente Santa Lucia satélite.


BridgeList1.jpg

Image by SCT


TunnelList1.jpg

Image by SCT


DurangoCompanies.jpg

Felicitaciones a las empresas involucradas en la construcción de la carretera!