Horganal Bridge
Horganal Bridge
Puente Horganal
Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico
(394) feet high / (120) meters high
361 foot span / 110 meter span
2013
Horganal Bridge is the first of what will eventually be more then 60 bridges along the new Mitla-Tehuantepec highway that will eventually connect Oaxaca city with the coastal city of on the Pacific Ocean.
Given the difficulties that inherent in building the highway through such rugged terrain, the highway will probably not be completed for at least 4 more years. In addition to Horganal, the route will also cross the River on the towering Lachiguiri Bridge which will also be completed in 2013 on the southern end of the highway even if the entire highway will not be completed till at least 2016. The 3 major sections of the highway will include:
1) Mitla-Santa Maria Albarradas - 28.8 kilometers long.
2) Santa Maria Albarradas-Santiago Lachiguiri - 91.4 kilometers long.
3) Santiago Lachiguiri-Tehuantepec Junction II - 49.0 kilometers long.
Horganal surpassed the El Cimarrón Bridge on the Xalapa Bypass highway as Mexico's tallest single tower beam bridge. El Cimarrón Bridge opened in late 2012.
Horganal has a span configuration 2 x 110 meters atop a 91 meter tall pier.
Image by Grupo Insa.
San Pedro Analco Bridge satellite view.
San Pedro Analco Bridge satellite view.
San Pedro Analco Bridge and La Yesca Dam satellite view.
La Yesca Dam satellite view before the reservoir formed.
Elevation view of the La Yesca Dam.
Image by Nayarit.gob.mx
A construction view from September of 2011.
By late 2012 the reservoir was full. Image by Federalista.
Image by Obrasweb.
La Yesca Dam information page by Razon.
San Pedro Analco Bridge and La Yesca Dam location map northwest of Guadalajara. The La Yesca dam will produce enough electricity to power approximately half the city of Guadalajara.
