Rehabilitation Works of Vehicular Bridge on 68th Avenue: Updates and Traffic Restrictions

2023-07-06 18:57:04

The Institute of Urban Development (IDU) reported that the rehabilitation works of the vehicular bridge between 68th avenue and 26th street continue, therefore, as of July 6, the western bridge of the avenue will be completely closed to restrict traffic. vehicular passage until July 2024.

According to the director of the IDU, Diego Sánchez, this work is part of group 5 of 68 avenue, Feeder of the Metro Line that is being built in Bogotá, therefore, the traffic was enabled by the eastern bridge that has three lanes by direction (south – north and north – south), in a project that is 34% advanced.

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“We have completely closed the bridge on the western side, there is no traffic on this bridge anymore, all traffic has been diverted with that management plan that we have. Now there will be three north-south lanes and three south-north lanes, all other roads enabled to take to the east or to also take to the south. With this the contractor has the track open”held.

He also explained that “the contract to finish this bridge on the western side is until June 2024, we will complete 100% of the reconstruction of the western bridge, which with the eastern one, will finish the work in this sector and we simply need to provide the service with the exclusive Transmilenio bridge, which is already 70% running,” he said.

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The manager concluded that This will be the longest journey in the city with the circulation of zero-emission buses. The entire project is made up of nine groups that are underway, with a general construction progress of 33.67%.

The investment is $2.6 billionincluding work and supervision and currently employs around 3,683 people.

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