Zulian heritage

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· 09 May 2021

Zulian heritage

#photography this is the general rafael urdaneta bridge located in venezuela zulia state is also known as bridge over the lake since it is located in the narrowest part of lake maracaibo bears that name in honor of general rafael urdaneta heroe zuliano of venezuela's independence. is the second longest in latin america and number 65 of the longest in the world
Designed by Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi and later modified by the Consorcio Puente Maracaibo “CPM” Precrimido C.A.. Venezuelan 50% participation and leader, Wayss & Freytag A.G.. and Julius Berger, Phillip Holtzman A.G.. the other 50%, was built in reinforced concrete and prestressed, and has a length of 8678 m and 134 pillars. In its central part, the bridge is of the cable-style; its bases are anchored at the bottom of Lake Maracaibo, at a depth of 60 meters, allows boats up to 45 m high to pass underneath and has a light of 235 m and has two lanes in direction. Supports an average traffic of 45,000 vehicles per day. On this bridge is the largest monument of lights in Latin America and the third in the mundo.se August 24, 1962 and 2 years later on April 6, 1964 the tanker Esso Maracaibo of the Creole Petroleum Corporation, which loaded 262 thousand barrels of crude oil for a total weight of 36 thousand tons, roso with the batteries 31 and 32 collapsing 259 m of its structure, It should be noted that the turnering action with the emergency rudder of the ship to avoid hitting the central batteries, was not successfully completed and relied exclusively on the action of the stern anchor to turn the ship on its axis In 1979 the guava of pile 22 were burst by corrosion, with the aggravating that the burst guava were in the lower layer of the saddle, a fact that made it impossible to achieve its substitution. The Government of the time hired the original designer builders as was obvious, so a formula for the rescue and definitive solution to the problem was designed on the fly
The construction of a second bridge is planned on Lake Maracaibo, for which there is a project in process that is being developed by the transnational company Constructora Norberto Odebrecht based on a layout similar to the Øresund bridge, involving a submarine section and a bridge with a configuration similar to the bridge Admirante Padilla; it is called the Nigale Bridge (Aboriginal name). The layout is mixed for vehicular traffic and for railways.
The installation currently has an exhibition hall and audiovisual hall where documentaries are screened on the techniques used for the construction of the structure, guided walks through the control and surveillance facilities of the bridge, viewpoints with coastal binoculars and other tourist and cultural attractions.