The Ministry of Communications (CIV) The works for the construction of the Nahualate parallel vehicle began, on the CA-02 West routein Chicacao jurisdiction, in Suchitepéquez.
According to information provided by the portfolio, Currently, pile excavation work is carried out with a diameter of 375 millimeters and 15 meters deep, which will be part of the structural base that will support the work, which will have a length of 110 meters.
This bridge is built in parallel to the one located at kilometer 136.5 of the route in question. The main objective is to enable a four -lane road to improve and expedite vehicular mobility in the area, as well as facilitate connectivity between surrounding towns. The work is part of the Connect Plan, through which it is sought to improve the road infrastructure of the country, according to the civ.
De in accordance with data from the Ministry of Planning and Programming of the Presidency, through the National Public Investment System (SNIP), for this year an amount of Q12 million 825 thousand 400.22 was requested for construction, with an execution as of Q2 million 471 thousand 328.
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Damage for overload and passage of time
ANDOn October 22, 2024, the Nahualate bridge suffered a collapse for structural damage derived from vehicular overload, the constant heavy transport step and the wear and tear of time, since it was built in 1930.
The General Directorate of Roads indicated on that occasion that, after a tour with personnel of the Executing Unit for Road Conservation (COVIAL), a deviation was found in the third node, which fractured due to the load and the antiquity of the structure.
Of that account is I make the decision to close the vehicular passage in a preventive way with the aim of avoiding further damage and putting vehicles that travel daily on the bridge. Heavy transport step was prohibited to avoid total collapse and work began to reinforce damaged beams.
The passage through the Nahualate bridge was enabled again on the night of November 5, in proof mode, As reported at the time the Ministry of Communications, in order to verify if the repairs resisted the vehicular passage. Subsequently, the portfolio communicated that the structure had exceeded the respective evidence, so they would continue with the reinforcement of beams and other maintenance works to completely enable the step.
Currently the passage through the bridge remains under control and observation by the Directorate of Road Protection and Safety, (Provial).
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Other damage to the past
Fourteen years before, in 2012, the Nahualaate bridge also presented damage: One of his rockers sank, causing a slope, the inclination of the structure and the opening of a crack that put vehicular traffic at risk.
That accident was treated by the communications authorities, who considered it an antecedent that evidenced the need to build a new structure that allows to improve vehicular passage and reduce the risk for users.