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Baluarte De Redín3
The Baluarte Bridge (), officially the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge (), is a cable-stayed bridge in Mexico. It is located between the municipalities of Concordia, Sinaloa, Concordia in Sinaloa and Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Pueblo Nuevo in Durango, along the Mexican Federal Highway 40, Durango–Mazatlán highway, Mexico 40D. The bridge has a total length of , with a central cable-stayed span of . With the road deck at above the valley below, the Baluarte Bridge is the Highest bridge, third-highest cable-stayed bridge in the world, the eighth-highest bridge overall, and the highest bridge in the Americas. Construction of the bridge began in 2008, it was inaugurated in January 2012 and opened to traffic in late 2013. The bridge forms part of a new highway linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of northern Mexico and has reduced the travelling time between Durango and Mazatlán from approximately 6 to 2.5 hours. Structure and construction The bridge's four-lane roadway, wide by long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baluarte River
The Baluarte River, (Rio del Baluarte) is a river of Mexico in the states of State of Durango, Durango and Sinaloa, traversing 142 km, part of which forms the border between these two States of Mexico, states. The river drains to the Pacific Ocean with a basin of . The portion of the river, near Concordia, Sinaloa, Concordia in Sinaloa, is spanned by the Durango–Mazatlán highway via the Baluarte Bridge - the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world. See also *List of rivers of Mexico *List of rivers of the Americas by coastline References *Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg). * * Rivers of Sinaloa Rivers of Mexico {{Mexico-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |