Via Cartagena-Barranquilla remains closed due to damage to bridge benches

Authorities evaluate a contingency plan and propose alternate routes during the works, which would last up to one month.

Via al mar presents closure from the early hours of May 8. Photo: Coastal Route. The Coastal Route concession reported that there was a failure in the access to the Juan de Acosta bridge, km 74+900 of the road to the Cartagena -Barranquilla sea that caused the total closure. “In order to guarantee the safety of the users, we proceeded with the complete closure of the road and the installation of the signage necessary to delimit the area,” said C…

The concessionaire commented that there were no effects on the bridge per se, but that the fault is located in the bank of the structure

Via Barranquilla-Cartagena will be closed the next few days due to a failure in access to the Arroyo Grande TuBarco Bridge News The emergency occurred in the early hours of this Friday, May 9. Caribbean News. From the early hours of this Friday, May 9, the Via al Mar that connects Barranquilla with Cartagena remains completely closed at the height of kilometer 74+900, in the municipality of Juan de Acosta, Atlántico. The closure is due to the co…