Costa Rica has a new “platina” bridge, not far from the original platina (bridge over the Virilla river, the Pablo II bridge in La Uruca, on the Autopista General Cañas, the most transited road in the country.
The detachment of an expansion joint (platina) in the Alajuela-San José direction forced the Conavi (a division of the Ministry of Transport) to carry out an emergency intervention in the structure.
The work is currently underway and expected to last about three hours, hopefully before the start of the afternoon rush hour. Transit police are on site, regulating traffic on the road that sees on average 90,000 vehicles daily.
“Emergency patching was scheduled. In addition, the Conavi is going to review all the expansion joints of the bridge to see if they present problems”, explained Adriana Castillo, from the press department of the National Road Council (Conavi).
According to the official, the detachment occurred due to the “normal deterioration of the road”.
The works will begin at noon this Thursday and will last about three hours. There will be regulated in the sector through which spend around 90,000 vehicles a day.
“Emergency patching was scheduled. In addition, the Conavi Conservation Management is going to review all the expansion joints of the bridge to see if they present problems “, explained Adriana Castillo, from the press department of the National Road Council (Conavi).
According to the official, the detachment occurred due to the “normal deterioration of the road”.
Haven’t we heard that before? Yes, of course, on the original platina that took like almost 9 years to fix.
The Juan Pablo II bridge is victim to like almost every other bridge in the country: lack of maintenance and bureaucracy at the MOPT.
