Puente de la Unidad | |
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Coordinates | 25°40′05″N 100°22′49″W / 25.66806°N 100.38028°W |
Carries | vehicles |
Crosses | Santa Catarina River[1] |
Locale | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1] |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed bridge, inclined pylon, asymmetric, semi-fan arrangement |
Material | Concrete (pylon)[1] |
Total length | 304 metres (997 ft)[1] |
Width | 28 to 35 metres (92 to 115 ft)[1] |
Height | 160 metres (520 ft) (pylon)[1] |
Longest span | 185 metres (607 ft)[1] |
History | |
Designer | Daniel Tassin[1] |
Constructed by | Grupo Garza Ponce |
Location | |
Puente de la Unidad or Viaducto de la Unidad is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge designed by Óscar Bulnes[citation needed] that crosses the Santa Catarina River and connects the cities of Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is part of a circuit called "Circuito La Unidad", which would consist of the interconnection of a series of avenues.