The bridge fell on the La Vieja river, leaving Valle del Cauca and entering Quindío, but there are at least 30% of bridges in Colombia, “at risk of collapse,” warns the Ministry of Transportation.
News Colombia.
Another damage to the road infrastructure in Colombia, the coup is between the Coffee Region and the center of the country, with the fall of the El Alambrado bridge that connects Valle del Cauca with Quindío, and the national government responded that a provisional bridge would be ready between 30 and 45 days.
As happened with the variant in Rosas, Cauca, which was made provisionally and was ready almost two months after the collapse on the Panamericana.
Five vehicles were passing when the Alambrado bridge broke in La Vieja: via Valle – Quindío
In the case of the bridge over the La Vieja river, on the border between Quindío and Valle, and the entrance to the Coffee Region from the southwest of the country, the cause of its collapse is not clear.
“When we talk about 30-45 days, it is not a bridge that can be replaced with a cement structure. We are talking about structures such as military bridges, which are the ones that enable us to pass through and bridges that also serve on a permanent basis”, informed Minister Reyes.
In other words, it will not be a permanent step, and therefore, how to recover the fallen bridge is still being evaluated.
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In this collapse, two police officers who were in a van-type truck of the institution, transporting weapons and other items, died and another 15 people were injured.
- The La Vieja bridge was built in 1968 and restructured in 1984.
- The ANI awarded the concession to the Autopista del Café Consortium
- A new intervention in 2005.
Authorities assure that the last technical inspection of the La Vieja bridge was three months ago, and “no failures were reported.”
Now departed, interrupted step, There are alternate routes:
• For heavy vehicle traffic: take the Cartago – Cerritos – Pereira – Armenia corridor.
• For light vehicle traffic: take the Cartago – Alcalá – Armenia corridor.
The Ministry of Transportation confirmed that the bridge infrastructure in Colombia is about 3,800 km, and “30% are in poor condition and at risk of collapse.”
The responsibility, according to Reyes, “belongs to previous governments that did not invest in reviewing the state of the bridges, that puts us in a situation that forces us to prepare an injection of resources to review their state.”
