Bridge Over Lake Maracaibo

Beatriz4

· 04 Aug 2022

Bridge Over Lake Maracaibo

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The “General Rafael Urdaneta” bridge, also known as the “bridge over Lake Maracaibo”, was inaugurated by President Romulo Betancourt, on August 24, 1962, after 4 years of construction. Below are some of the photos from the time of its construction.
The construction of the bridge over the lake (Rafael Urdaneta bridge)
Like any project, the bridge over Lake Maracaibo, Rafael Urdaneta, begins with a sketch Then come the bases of the piles
In 1956, the Venezuelan government invited an international tender for the construction of the bridge, where several proposals were submitted, but none were accepted.
Bridge has 135 sections, two of them 235 meters. Its height is 45 meters, which allows the huge oil tankers entering and leaving the lake to navigate under it.

In its construction, 3,000,000 bags of cement weighing 46 kilograms and 20,000 tons of steel rods were used