With an anticipated completion date anticipated in 2012, El Puente Baluarte Bridge (the Baluarte River Bridge) stands at a towering 1,321ft; so high, the Eiffel Tower could easily fit underneath it. El Puente Baluarte will relieve drivers of a lengthy drive through the jagged peaks of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The bridge spans a deep ravine through the mountain chain, and sits on the border between two states in Mexico: Sinaloa and Durango.
The excitement behind El Puente Baluarte Bridge is that it is the greatest bridge and tunnel highway project to ever take place in North America. It will be a part of the Durango-Mazatlán highway. The bridge will provide a safer, more direct route through the mountainous chain, and is expected to promote trade and tourism.
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