Mezcala Viaduct
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Multiple-span cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Viaducto de Mezcala |
| Completed in: | 1993 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Mexico, North America |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| span lengths | 80 m - 311.5 m - 299.5 m - 84 m - 68 m - 39.5 m |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
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| cables |
steel
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Structural engineering
Checking engineering
Cables
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Réparation écleir en haubanage, in "Sols et Structures", Second semester 2007, n. 226
- Mezcala bridge - Mexico. Wind effects modelling and stuctural analysis, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 625-626
- Plus beaux, plus longs, in "Construction moderne", 2001
- The cable-stayed bridges of the Mexico-Acapulco highway (Mezcala bridge, El Canon bridge, El Zapote bridge, Quetzalapa bridge), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Construction and geometry control of the Mezcala cable-stayed bridge, Mexico, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Bridges with Multiple Cable-Stayed Spans, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002321 |
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| Created: | 11/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 19/03/2013 |