Six months after the construction process began The Puebla Elevated Bypass is making good progress

The works involved in the Puebla Elevated Bypass, on the second level of the federal México-Puebla-Veracruz toll road, has achieved a high level of execution by mid-2015, thanks to rapid progress in the works.

Awarded in August 2014, construction of this toll road bean in late December 2014 and is expected to start up in 2016. Its commissioning will reduce congested traffic in the metropolitan area of Puebla, benefiting more than 275,000 citizens and 30,500 travelers who are estimated along this new road each day.

The body of the viaduct, 21 m wide, will have two road surfaces with two lanes in each direction, 3.5 m wide; the central barrier and shoulders will be 2 m wide on each side.

Section 1 will begin at kilometer point 113+900 and end at 121+626 and includes a mixed toll station over the trunk road, as well as an access point between km points 120 and 121 towards México-Puebla and an exit in the other direction. Section 2 runs between km points 121+626 and 129+010; it has two intermediate access areas and exit points, and a toll post in the Puebla-México direction.

For the development of construction works on the new toll road the center of the federal toll road has been confined. Furthermore, in order to reduce any impact on traffic, works have been carried out at night.

Moreover, for section 1, the 10 existing structures have been extended (drainage works and cattle tracks, currently used for vehicle traffic) and a third lane has been enabled in each direction on the federal toll road to facilitate morning traffic. Subsequently, three traffic lanes in each direction will be restored in the bottom road.

Section 2 has only requested the provision of a third lane at the crossroads with the main avenues. The work site has been confined to the central axis of the federal toll road.

The works to expand the third lane and the 10 structures in section 1 are 99% completed, whereas foundation pile drilling works, excavation, pile topping and patterns for structure assembly preparatory work in both sections have reached an average execution of 20%.

The toll road under a concession, 13.3 km long, runs along a viaduct in the capital city of the State of Puebla between kilometer points 115 and 128.3 of the federal roll road. This area is characteristically industrial, with a large population and heavy traffic. This is why, in order to speed up the constructive process, the works have been divided into two sections.

Layout and Insole works and bolster assembly in the Puebla Bypass, Mexico.