Erecting Boca del Cerro Bridge with custom lifting solutions
2023
A key part of Mexico’s Tren Maya Project, the Boca del Cerro Bridge spans the 200-metrewide Usumacinta River. VSL provided a turnkey solution for the technically challenging project, designing, fabricating, installing, and operating two lifting frames to erect steel bridge segments of up to 100 tonnes in weight, and up to 10 metres in height. This method proved efficient and was a lower-carbon alternative to using a 500-tonne crawler crane.