Cancun, Q.R. — A major section of Cancun’s Nichupté Bridge mainland work that has been affecting traffic for months is almost finished. According to Guido Mendiburu Solís, the Director of the Center of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) of Quintana Roo, land work around Colosio is 98 percent finished.
Traffic in the bridge construction areas of the Cancun mainland have been affected for months as the work progressed. Solis says a large portion of that work is nearly done, including work at the Colosio junction.
“On the mainland side, 98 percent of the bridge is already complete at slab level. We are making the fittings to insert the ducts for the fiber optic and electricity services and the parapet which are the tubes where we will place the lighting, and then we will lay an asphalt layer around the bridge,” he explained.
The land area with the least advancement is the front of the Kukulkán Boulevard in the Cancun Hotel Zone. He says that area is only 20 percent, adding that a loop is being built there which, when finished, will be the second longest in Latin America.
He also reported that bridge construction in the lagoon is around 70 percent complete. He says they have encountered unexpected delays, namely a very large, deep hole in the area where bridge pillars have been planned. Karstic terrain and unfavorable weather has also lead to setbacks.
The mangrove area of the bridge continues to advance using the Top Down drilling method to reduce as much damage as possible to the mangrove area where 228 pile supports are being built.
The finished project will include an 8.8 kilometer-long bridge over the lagoon that will connect the Hotel Zone with the mainland as well as a navigation channel under the bridge for boats. The entire project will be lite both on top of and under the bridge and will be outfitted with surveillance cameras that will be connected to the C5 in Cancun.
