Santa Lucia Bridge - Revision history

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Sakowski at 08:37, 12 December 2009

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Sakowski: Created page with '
Santa Lucia Bridge
Puente Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia, Sinaloa, Mexico
328 feet high / 100 meters high
459 …'

2009-11-21T08:08:12Z

Created page with '<div style="font-size: 25px; text-align: center;"> Santa Lucia Bridge<br /> Puente Santa Lucia<br /> Santa Lucia, Sinaloa, Mexico<br /> 328 feet high / 100 meters high<br /> 459 …'

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<div style="font-size: 25px; text-align: center;">
Santa Lucia Bridge<br />
Puente Santa Lucia<br />
Santa Lucia, Sinaloa, Mexico<br />
328 feet high / 100 meters high<br />
459 foot span / 140 meter span<br />
2012<br />
[[File:SantaSoon.jpg|1000px|center]]
</div>

The huge Santa Lucia will be one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán highway now under construction in Durango and Sinaloa states. By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán. To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 64 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America. For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges. Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 8 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, La Pinta, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo. Only China’s West Hurongxi and Italy’s A3 highways have a greater collection of high bridges.

<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 25px;">
[[File:SantaElevSoon.jpg|1000px|center]]<br />
Santa Lucia Bridge Elevation<br />
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[[Category:Bridges in Mexico]]
[[Category:Bridges in Sinaloa, Mexico]]

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	The huge Santa Lucia Bridge is one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán in Durango and Sinaloa states. By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán. To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 61 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America. For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges. Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 7 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo. Only China and Italy have highways with a greater collection of high bridges.		The huge Santa Lucia Bridge is one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán in Durango and Sinaloa states. By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán. To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 61 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America. For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges. Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 7 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo. Only China and Italy have highways with a greater collection of high bridges.
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		+	The span configuration is 37.5 + six spans of 50 + 37.5 meters.

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 [[File:SantaLucia19.jpg|450px|center]]
 Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-[[File:SantaLuciaSatellite.jpg|750px|center]]
+[[File:SantaLuciaNewSatellite.jpg|750px|center]]
 Santa Lucia Bridge satellite image.

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 foot span / 50 meter span<br />
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-[[File:SantaLuciaAerial.jpg|1000px|center]]
+[[File:SantaLuciaBridge313ftH copy.jpg|750px|center]]
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 Santa Lucia Bridge Elevation<br />
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 [[File:DurMazTunnels.jpg|525px|center]]
-Map of the Durango-Mazatlan highway showing the location of the 9 highest bridges and 59 of the 61 tunnels. The Neverías, La Pinta and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008 and are open to traffic. The rest of the highway opened in 2013.
+Map of the Durango-Mazatlan highway showing the location of the 7 highest bridges and 59 of the 61 tunnels. The Neverías and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008. The rest of the highway opened in 2013.
 [[File:SantaLuciaSatellite.jpg|750px|center]]
 Santa Lucia Bridge satellite image.
 [[Category:Bridges in Mexico]]
 [[Category:Bridges in Sinaloa, Mexico]]

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 Puente Santa Lucia<br />
 Santa Lucia, Sinaloa, Mexico<br />
-feet high / 100 meters high<br />
+feet high / 95 meters high<br />
-(148) foot span / (45) meter span<br />
+foot span / 50 meter span<br />
 <br />
 [[File:SantaLuciaAerial.jpg|1000px|center]]
 </div>
-The huge Santa Lucia will be one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán highway now under construction in Durango and Sinaloa states.  By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán.  To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 64 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America.  For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges.  Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 8 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, La Pinta, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo.  Only China’s West Hurong and Kunming-Guiyang and Italy’s A3 highways have a greater collection of high bridges.
+The huge Santa Lucia Bridge is one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán in Durango and Sinaloa states.  By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán.  To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 61 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America.  For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges.  Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 7 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo.  Only China and Italy have highways with a greater collection of high bridges.
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 [[File:DurMazTunnels.jpg|525px|center]]
-Map of the Durango-Mazatlan highway showing the location of the 9 highest bridges and 59 of the 63 tunnels. The Neverías, La Pinta and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008 and are open to traffic. The rest of the highway will open in 2012.
+Map of the Durango-Mazatlan highway showing the location of the 9 highest bridges and 59 of the 61 tunnels. The Neverías, La Pinta and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008 and are open to traffic. The rest of the highway opened in 2013.

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 [[File:DurMazTunnels.jpg|525px|center]]
 Map of the Durango-Mazatlan highway showing the location of the 9 highest bridges and 59 of the 63 tunnels. The Neverías, La Pinta and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008 and are open to traffic. The rest of the highway will open in 2012.
 [[Category:Bridges in Mexico]]
 [[Category:Bridges in Sinaloa, Mexico]]

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−	The huge Santa Lucia will be one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán highway now under construction in Durango and Sinaloa states. By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán. To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 64 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America. For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges. Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 8 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, La Pinta, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo. Only China’s West ~~Hurongxi~~ and Italy’s A3 highways have a greater collection of high bridges.	+	The huge Santa Lucia will be one of many high concrete beam bridges on the Durango-Mazatlán highway now under construction in Durango and Sinaloa states. By cutting a safer, more direct route through the mountains, the highway department of Mexico hopes to improve trade and increase tourism between the city of Durango and the coastal city of Mazatlán. To achieve this connection, the Mexican engineers were forced to design an autopista with no less than 64 tunnels - nearly 10 times more than have ever been built on any road in North America. For big bridge fans, the highway will be no less amazing with a parade of towering concrete beam bridges. Including the Baluarte River crossing, there will be 8 bridges that exceed 300 feet (90 mtrs) in height including Santa Lucia, Neverías, La Pinta, Chico, Botijas, Pueblo Nuevo and El Carrizo. Only China’s West Hurong and Kunming-Guiyang and Italy’s A3 highways have a greater collection of high bridges.