Bolivarian Government activated diversion tests in Morón-Coro to demolish La Guacharaca bridge

Published at: 13/07/2024 11:21 PM

This Saturday, July 13, tests began on the traffic diversion built on trunk 003, at the height of Boca de Aroa in the Silva municipality, in the state of Falcón, in order to comply with the protocols to demolish the La Guacharaca bridge.

This was reported by the Minister of the Popular Power for Transport, Ramón Velásquez Aragüayán, after an inspection of the entity to evaluate the progress of the works being carried out simultaneously on four bridges that have structural faults.

The detour is planned on the road side, on the north road in the direction of Morón-Coro and the vehicles will enter in counterflow until just before the Boca de Aroa toll booth. This will have access to two roads, the left to return to Puerto Cabello and the right to go to Tucacas.

The detour has already been paved and is only waiting for the demarcation and the corresponding signs for drivers to take their precautions.

The state director Falcón of the aforementioned Ministry, Henry Atacho, said that with the support of the state security forces they will order the vehicle fluid and will be attentive to any contingency.

The La Guacharaca bridge has a length of 36 meters, and the north runway, which has the faults, will be replaced in its entirety, requiring the demolition of the floor slab and the replacement of prestressed beams.

In this case, the footboards and the central support are in good condition, so they will not be demolished.

Velásquez Aragüayán, during his visit, supervised the El Dieguito bridge, located in the La Ranita sector, to evaluate the actions to be taken depending on its maintenance.

In this regard, they will only proceed with the rehabilitation of the metal board composed of 98 ribbed sheets to add a length of 31.8 meters, as part of the planned projects to continue.

On the Paso Nuevo bridge, he said that with the temporary passage being operational at 100%, they will proceed to the construction of a new amortized steel system to restore the main supports.

Mazo News Team