The New Highway That Takes To The Attractive Mazatlan Real Estate.

1.2 billion-dollar will cost to build the new highway that connects Durango with Mazatlan. Now driving 312 kilometers takes 5 hours with the new highway it will only take about 3 hrs. The reason for this difference is that the rugged mountains of the western Sierra Madre separate Durango from Mazatlan. This is a truly amazing feat of engineering, even though the highway is already well advanced, the major “missing piece” remaining to be finish is the Puente Baluarte Bicentenario.
This will be the biggest cable-stayed bridge ever built in Latin America. It is 1.124 km. long and 4 lanes wide. Its central span extends 520 meters. At its highest point, it is a gravity-defying 390 meters (1280 feet) above the River Baluarte from which it takes its name. The bridge largest supporting pillar is 153 meters high, with a base measuring 18 meters by 30 meters.
Construction by Mexican firm TRADECO, has required 103,000 tons of cement and almost 17,000 tons of steel.
This bridge joins the states of Durango and Sinaloa and removes the need for drivers to negotiate a very dangerous stretch of highway known as the Devil’s Backbone.
A lot of people will be benefit with this impressive project, small towns along the corridor, but most of all with this new highway Mazatlan is a very attractive option for people living in Durango, Coahuila, Monterrey and U.S citizens living at that side of the country, making an easy and safe access by driving. The new highway is a plus for Mazatlan real estate, it added to the already great value the easy access and the possibility of been in your second home just in a few hours.
Mazatlan is for many reasons the place to be, either for a short vacation, for a longer stay, or as the dream retirement home; affordability, great activities; the freshest sea food, fresh vegetables and fruits that most of you will buy in United Estates and Canada frozen.
There are many projects, in the new Mazatlan area, Marina Mazatlan,
But the best value is Marina Costa Bonita that is more than just a Marina Condos project, it is a luxurious resort community, that offers a unique life style.
Mazatlan – Durango highway is due by Mexican government, it is planed to be totally finished in 2012.
The first road Mazatlan – Durango the government made, was started during the 40’s and was finish in 1960; even the actual road is in fairly
good conditions, the demand of the commercial trades and a modern life style has brought us to the necessity of having as well, modern routes.