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A Bailey type truss bridge with a clear span of approximately 60 meters / 200 feet was built to aid in the construction of the giant highway bridge.  A parallel suspension footbridge also crosses the San Marcos River.  Both bridges have a tower to tower distance of approximately 70 meters / 230 feetImage by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
 
 
 
 
 
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Another long footbridge across the San Marcos River about 1 kilometer downstream of the highway crossing.  With a main span of at least 110 meters / 360 feet, this would rank among the 25 longest footbridges in North America. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Revision as of 03:09, 15 March 2013

Xalapa Bridge
Puente Xalapa
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
453 feet high / 138 meters high
476 foot span / 145 meter span
2012

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Completed in late 2012, the Xalapa Bridge is the largest structure on the 60 kilometer Xalapa Bypass highway. By cutting a new route north of the capital city of Veracruz, travelers can avoid the congested, dangerous and slow moving 2-lane road. The new route 140 breaks off from original Veracruz-Xalapa highway about 20 kilometers east of the city, crossing several small canyons before a long elevation rise to the highlands northwest of Xalapa and the small city of Perote where the route continue on to Puebla and Mexico City. The new route will offer a relief to those who live along the main Avenida Lazaro Cardenas in downtown Xalapa where trucks and other heavy vehicles were a common site on the way to Mexico City or Veracruz.

The cantilever beam bridge measures 470 meters long with span configuration of 90 + 145 x 2 + 90 meters. The tapered box beam is 6 meters wide at the base and supports a road deck 17.9 meters wide.

Also on the Xalapa Bypass route are the double cantilever beam bridge El Cimarrón which has a single pier that drops almost 90 meters to the floor of a deep canyon as well as the 3-span Dos Ríos Bridge which is more then 55 meters high.



Xalapa Bridge Elevation Coming Soon


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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaPiers.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaTallestPierView.jpg

A view looking straight down the north side of the tallest pier. A small waterfall is located just downstream of the crossing. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaWaterfall.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaCrossSec.jpg

Xalapa Bridge deck cross section. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaBridgeLonglens.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaDeck.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaPier&Valley2.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaBridgeRock.jpg

I have no idea what this mass of rock is or how it came to be. Does anyone know more? Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaDownView.jpg

A view looking straight down the south side of the tallest pier. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaNorthSide.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaUpstreamValley.jpg

A view looking upstream. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaBridgeWall.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


XalapaUnderside2.jpg

Nothing like a lunchtime siesta! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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When completed, the México-Tuxpan highway will connect Mexico City with the Gulf of Mexico 182 miles (293 kms) away.


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The new carretera will open up new trade routes to the interior of the country as well as Mexico City.


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San Marcos Bridge access roads topographic map.


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San Marcos Bridge satellite image showing the long and deep gorge of the San Marcos River.


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