The last pouring of the Chorreras viaduct, in the Corredor de las playas Project, has been completed; completing the six lanes of the viaduct, which joins the sectors of La Espiga and La Pesa.
Gilberto Marengo, director of the Special Projects office of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has informed that the work is progressing according to plan and is already 78% complete.
Marengo added that the next works will be the installations such as electric lighting, rainwater drainage, protection barriers, asphalt, vertical and horizontal signaling.
With an extension of 1.7 kilometers, the transit of vehicles over the viaduct in the district of La Chorrera, province of West Panama, will be possible as of August of this year.
The progress of the project has been achieved thanks to the use of the “wing car”, a means of construction used for the first time in Panama, which allowed progress to be made with yields of three 12-meter-long sections each week.
The La Chorrera Viaduct, in the Beaches Corridor, is part of the Pan-American Highway widening project, with a length of 1,750 meters and 41 spans with a maximum span of 43 meters. The deck has a total width of 26.50 meters, which will accommodate 6 lanes.
The design and construction of this structure was a challenge due to the high seismicity of the area, and the height of the cores, which is variable, which had a direct impact on the design and geometric definition of the prestressing.