Building Bridges – Baluarte Bridge, Mexico

Avid followers will remember the report last year about Tuscor Lloyds’ role in the construction of the Baluarte Bridge (El Puente Baluarte) in Mexico. We were delighted therefore to see the bridge inaugurated by Mexican President Felipe Calderon last week. With officials from the Guinness World of Records on hand to present the award for the tallest cable-stayed bridge in the world, the formal ceremony took place on the bridge itself on Thursday.

Readers will remember that Tuscor Lloyds Spain was a key logistics supplier to the project. The company moved the huge cranes used during the construction of the structure. The cranes, some of the world’s tallest, were supplied by a specialist firm in Spain. Tuscor Lloyds moved them across the Atlantic in pieces and then they were moved into position by truck, ready for assembly by the construction company.

During the opening ceremony, the President spoke proudly of the engineering feat, highlighting the importance of linking the central part of the country with the west coast. The bridge has become symbolic of Mexico’s continuing provincial development and its opening is part of the celebrations to mark 200 years of the country’s independence from colonial Spain. The practical implications however are huge with the journey time from Mazatlan to Durango reduced by 6 hours. This makes the road journey across Mexico’s heavily populated central regions commercially viable, linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by road for the first time.

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