Zacatal Bridge
Carretera Frontera-Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico
Description:
The Zacatal Bridge is the longest bridge in the state and the longest in Latin America.
The length of the bridge connecting the island of Isla del Carmen and the Atasta Peninsula is 3.861 meters, and its width is nine meters. The two-lane bridge is one of the busiest in the country, as it is a kind of gate of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Construction of the bridge was completed in October 1994, its components are 121 prefabricated structures of reinforced concrete, 496 conventional and 8 boxed beams. As a coating, 124 concrete slabs were laid.