DurangoMazatlanHighwayTour
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.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puentes de kilómetros 30 - 40.
Puente Neverías en el kilómetro 33. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Rio Chico en el kilómetro 37. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puentes de kilómetros 50 -55.
Puente Saucedo en el kilómetro 51. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente La Pinta en el kilómetro 53. Puente está a 70 metros de altura. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente El Chicle en el kilómetro 54. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puentes de kilómetros 130 -140.
Puente Pueblo Nuevo at kilometer 133 has two main spans of 106 meters. The height is 114 meters. Image by SCT
Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Pueblo Nuevo. Image by SCT
Puente Paso De Piedra en el kilómetro 134. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Puente El Magueyal en el kilómetro 134.. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente El Magueyal. Image by SCT
Túnel Piedra Colorada. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Cantil. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Cantil satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Puente Botijas. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Una familia disfruta del puente Botijas! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Botijas satélite.
Puentes de kilómetros 150 - 157
Puente El Platanito. Image by SCT
Puente El Platanito satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Túnel Leonera I y II. Image by SCT
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Túnels El Frijolar. Image by SCT
Túnel El Frijolar mmmmmmm Image by SCT
Túnel El Frijolar mmmm Image by SCT
Túnel Baluarte Image by SCT
Túnel Baluarte Image by SCT
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Puente El Carrizo. Image by SCT
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente El Carrizo drawing by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Más altos puentes de México y Torre Mayor diagram by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Puente El Carrizo satélite.
Puentes de kilómetros 167 - 175
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Sinaloense tunnel saaaaa
Image by SCT
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puentes de kilómetros 175 - 188
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Puente La Capilla satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente El Nacaral satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Las Palomas satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Jabalina satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente Panuco satélite.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Puente La Guayanera satélite.
Image by SCT
Puente Cascada satélite.
Puente Santa Lucia satélite.
Image by SCT
Image by SCT
Felicitaciones a las empresas involucradas en la construcción de la carretera!