List of bridges in Mexico explained

Major bridges

The Baluarte Bridge held the record for the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it was inaugurated in 2012 with a maximum drop from the surface of the deck to the bottom of the Baluarte River of 403m (1,322feet), according to the Guinness World Records,^{[1] [2]} however, some diagrams of the bridge show a height of 390m (1,280feet) between the axis of the central span and the river, the bridge having a regular slope of .^{[3] [4]} Its clearance is largely higher than that of the previous record-holder, France's Millau Viaduct, which has a clearance of 270m (890feet) but it was beaten by the 565m (1,854feet) high Duge Bridge in China, opened in 2016.^{[5] [6]}

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100m (300feet) or total lengths longer than 3000m (10,000feet).

See also

• Transport in Mexico
• Rail transport in Mexico
• List of Mexican Federal Highways
• List of Mexican autopistas
• Geography of Mexico
• List of rivers of Mexico

References

• Notes

• Nicolas Janberg, Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering

• Others references

Further reading

• Benítez . Estructuras especiales construidas en la ampliación a cuatro carriles de la autopista Guadalajara – Colima . Special structures built in the expansion to four lanes of the Guadalajara – Colima highway . Benítez . Marco Polo Villagómez . Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo . January 2020 . es . Bibliotecavirtual.dgb.umich.mx .
• Book: https://www.cercleinfraestructures.cat/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Cuadernos_N.10_web.pdf . Cuadernos de diseño en la obra pública . Ideas y experiencias de un ingeniero de puentes . Ideas and experiences of a bridge engineer . Fernández Troyano . Leonardo . October 2018 . 10 . 2013-2603 . es .
• Book: Guerrero y Gama . Tiempo atrás Puentes de concreto de México . Long ago concrete bridges in Mexico . Guerrero y Gama . Vicente . es . Imcyc.com - Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto, A.C. .
• Book: Puentes de México . Los Puentes de México 1985-2014 . The Bridges of Mexico 1985-2014 . Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes . May 2015 . 978-607-95879-4-9 . es . Amivtac.org .
• Book: Mangus . The orthotropic steel deck bridges of Mexico . Mangus . Alfred R. . The 3rd Orthotropic Bridge Conference . March 2015 . 10.13140/2.1.1706.4324 .
• Web site: Poon Hung Autopista . Autopista Durango-Mazatlán . Durango-Mazatlan Highway . Poon Hung . Clemente . es . .
• Web site: Poon Hung Puentes . Puentes de México . Bridges of Mexico . Poon Hung . Clemente . Seminario International de Puentes AMIVTAC - PIARC . es . Campeche . Amivtac.org .

External links

• Web site: Brücken in der Mexiko . Bridges in Mexico . de . Brueckenweb.de .
• Web site: Suspension Bridges of Mexico . Denenberg . David . bridgemeister.com .
• Web site: Category: Bridges in Mexico . Sakowski . Eric . Highestbridges.com.
• Web site: Durango-Mazatlán Highway Tour . Sakowski . Eric . Highestbridges.com.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Video: Highest cable-stayed bridge opens in Mexico . . 5 January 2012 . January 29, 2023.
2. News: Mexico inaugurates world's highest cable-stayed bridge . . January 29, 2023.
3. Web site: Baluarte Bridge . Highestbridges.com . January 29, 2023.
4. Web site: Puente Baluarte Foundation Drawing . Highestbridges.com . January 29, 2023.
5. Web site: Millau Viaduct . Highestbridges.com . January 29, 2023.
6. Web site: Beipanjiang Bridge Duge . Highestbridges.com . January 29, 2023.