Monitor progress of latinoamercia tallest bridge, the bridge Bulwark, Mazatlan-Durango SuperVia.
Date: 07/11/2010
THE PALM, Concordia._ With 75 percent complete, Baluarte Bridge in Mazatlán-Durango Supervía could be ready this year, and hopefully, President Felipe Calderón said, could be for national holidays.
In his third time to visit the State in the 80 days you have Mario López Valdez in front of the governor, the federal president was at the height of the Palmito, in Concordia, under the battery number six Puente Baluarte, just that divides Durango Sinaloa, to monitor the progress of the project, according to the director of the SCT in the State, Alfredo Rubio Rodríguez, is about 75 percent.
"Hopefully we can see fully completed Baluarte Bridge 2011 Bicentennial this year, hopefully even to have another national holiday more than our party emblem of Independence whose bicentennial we celebrated," the President said in his speech.
Calderon arrived to the mountain area aboard a helicopter, accompanied by state and municipal authorities in Sinaloa and Durango.
He was received with a fence that was reinforced with the body of the nearly 700 workers at the completion of the bridge will be highest in Latin America and the third highest in the world.
He walked straight blades illustrating the development of the project and the same model that he presented in his last visit there in March 2010. There he waited for the director of the SCT in Sinaloa, who was in charge of exposing progress.
In his speech, the Governor of Sinaloa stressed the importance of this work, considered a gateway to "new opportunities."
"Today Mexico has many struggles to produce the food, including insecurity, how to get wealth potential they have. Let's fellowship Sinaloa Durango, Sinaloa going to fellowship with other continents, with other states and with the help federal government I'm sure these pathways and these bridges will transit the development of our nation, "said Malova.
The Governor of Durango, Jorge Herrera Caldera, the project resulted in the opportunity to share challenges, at a time when economic uncertainty is latent.
"In Mexico we have low inflation, interest and there is uncertainty in the economic future of Mexico, this bridge will link two states that share common challenges and opportunities will be part of a highway corridor linking two oceans and a bridge to greater development to Durango, Sinaloa and northern Mexico. "
Baluarte Bridge being lifted with a total investment of 2 billion dollars, is part of the Mazatlan-Durango highway, which is expected to be completed next year, joining a fast track in the northwest and northeast of the country, to expedite the transfer of goods from coast to coast.
"It will have very clear benefits on the economies of Durango and Sinaloa, Sinaloa eg for preciadísimos imply its farm products, for example, or the sea, can not only enter the market to the north, to the United States, on the road that is headed for Sonora, but now have access to that market, the Mexican central Mexico, and also the American but the Texas side, because all these products may be transported to the border from Matamoros in a few hours, took several days before travel, "said Calderon.
Six hours a person needs to move to Durango in your vehicle, with the new road will be two and a half for a heavy freight carrier, will spend 10 hours to about four or so.
Calderón reiterated that the work will mean an increase in productivity and profitability of both states, as well as the safety of passengers and goods that it represents.
The president continued his tour yesterday on the side of Durango, to inaugurate a road segment, accompanied by the Governor of that state.
The Bicentennial Baluarte
is the highest suspension bridge in Latin America and the third longest in the world without support.
1,124
meter long bridge measured
520
meters below the bridge are no columns, only with steel cables
20
meter-wide bridge will
400
meters deep canyons that will save the bridge
$ 2 billion
is the cost of Baluarte Bridge
$ 20 billion
is the cost of all the Mazatlan-Durango highway
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=672429
THE PALM, Concordia._ With 75 percent complete, Baluarte Bridge in Mazatlán-Durango Supervía could be ready this year, and hopefully, President Felipe Calderón said, could be for national holidays.
In his third time to visit the State in the 80 days you have Mario López Valdez in front of the governor, the federal president was at the height of the Palmito, in Concordia, under the battery number six Puente Baluarte, just that divides Durango Sinaloa, to monitor the progress of the project, according to the director of the SCT in the State, Alfredo Rubio Rodríguez, is about 75 percent.
"Hopefully we can see fully completed Baluarte Bridge 2011 Bicentennial this year, hopefully even to have another national holiday more than our party emblem of Independence whose bicentennial we celebrated," the President said in his speech.
Calderon arrived to the mountain area aboard a helicopter, accompanied by state and municipal authorities in Sinaloa and Durango.
He was received with a fence that was reinforced with the body of the nearly 700 workers at the completion of the bridge will be highest in Latin America and the third highest in the world.
He walked straight blades illustrating the development of the project and the same model that he presented in his last visit there in March 2010. There he waited for the director of the SCT in Sinaloa, who was in charge of exposing progress.
In his speech, the Governor of Sinaloa stressed the importance of this work, considered a gateway to "new opportunities."
"Today Mexico has many struggles to produce the food, including insecurity, how to get wealth potential they have. Let's fellowship Sinaloa Durango, Sinaloa going to fellowship with other continents, with other states and with the help federal government I'm sure these pathways and these bridges will transit the development of our nation, "said Malova.
The Governor of Durango, Jorge Herrera Caldera, the project resulted in the opportunity to share challenges, at a time when economic uncertainty is latent.
"In Mexico we have low inflation, interest and there is uncertainty in the economic future of Mexico, this bridge will link two states that share common challenges and opportunities will be part of a highway corridor linking two oceans and a bridge to greater development to Durango, Sinaloa and northern Mexico. "
Baluarte Bridge being lifted with a total investment of 2 billion dollars, is part of the Mazatlan-Durango highway, which is expected to be completed next year, joining a fast track in the northwest and northeast of the country, to expedite the transfer of goods from coast to coast.
"It will have very clear benefits on the economies of Durango and Sinaloa, Sinaloa eg for preciadísimos imply its farm products, for example, or the sea, can not only enter the market to the north, to the United States, on the road that is headed for Sonora, but now have access to that market, the Mexican central Mexico, and also the American but the Texas side, because all these products may be transported to the border from Matamoros in a few hours, took several days before travel, "said Calderon.
Six hours a person needs to move to Durango in your vehicle, with the new road will be two and a half for a heavy freight carrier, will spend 10 hours to about four or so.
Calderón reiterated that the work will mean an increase in productivity and profitability of both states, as well as the safety of passengers and goods that it represents.
The president continued his tour yesterday on the side of Durango, to inaugurate a road segment, accompanied by the Governor of that state.
The Bicentennial Baluarte
is the highest suspension bridge in Latin America and the third longest in the world without support.
1,124
meter long bridge measured
520
meters below the bridge are no columns, only with steel cables
20
meter-wide bridge will
400
meters deep canyons that will save the bridge
$ 2 billion
is the cost of Baluarte Bridge
$ 20 billion
is the cost of all the Mazatlan-Durango highway
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=672429
