The bridge has been in service since 1988 and was designed by Professor Modesto Armijo from COMEC, a Mexican engineering company. It was designed to withstand the severe Atlantic hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico.
The bridge uses an orthotropic steel deck girder for a central section of the 360 metres (1,180 ft) long main span, while the rest of the main span and the short lateral spans are a prestressed concrete girder. Both steel and concrete deck girders have the same external shape. This original design principle was later used for the 756-metre (2,480 ft) main span of the Pont de Normandie, a cable-stayed bridge in Normandy, France.
The dynamic analysis of the bridge under turbulent cyclonic winds, as well as the revision of the structural project, and the geometry plus stress control of the bridge during erection, were achieved by Alain Chauvin from Sogelerg, using the French "Scanner" computer program.
tampico, bridge, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tampico Bridge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The Tampico Bridge Spanish Puente Tampico is a vehicular cable stayed bridge connecting the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz in eastern Mexico Tampico BridgeBridge and Panuco RiverCoordinates22 13 42 N 97 50 13 W 22 22833 N 97 83694 W 22 22833 97 83694CarriesMexican Federal Highway 180CrossesPanuco RiverLocaleTampico Tamaulipas amp Pueblo Viejo Municipality Veracruz MexicoOfficial namePuente TampicoMaintained byCaminos y Puentes FederalesCharacteristicsDesignCable stayed bridgeTotal length1 543 m 5062 ft Width18 m 59 ft Height55 m 180 ft Longest span360 m 1181 ft HistoryOpenedOctober 17 1988StatisticsToll32 pesos 1 Location Contents 1 Geography 2 Design and engineering 3 Toll 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksGeography editThe bridge crosses the Panuco River near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico It connects the city of Tampico in Tamaulipas and Pueblo Viejo Municipality in Veracruz Design and engineering editThe bridge has been in service since 1988 and was designed by Professor Modesto Armijo from COMEC a Mexican engineering company It was designed to withstand the severe Atlantic hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico The bridge uses an orthotropic steel deck girder for a central section of the 360 metres 1 180 ft long main span while the rest of the main span and the short lateral spans are a prestressed concrete girder Both steel and concrete deck girders have the same external shape This original design principle was later used for the 756 metre 2 480 ft main span of the Pont de Normandie a cable stayed bridge in Normandy France The dynamic analysis of the bridge under turbulent cyclonic winds as well as the revision of the structural project and the geometry plus stress control of the bridge during erection were achieved by Alain Chauvin from Sogelerg using the French Scanner computer program Toll editThe bridge is tolled by Caminos y Puentes Federales which charges cars 32 pesos to use it 1 Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp References edit a b CAPUFE Tarifas Vigentes January 31 2017External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tampico Bridge nbsp nbsp This article about a bridge in Mexico is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tampico Bridge amp oldid 1062090386, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
