Haulover Bridge Replacement Project Less Than a Year from Completion

The Haulover Bridge Replacement Project is thirteen months into construction. The project is expected to be completed by October 2023. The cost of the new bridge is just under forty million dollars. A portion of the works is being funded through a loan from the OPEC Fund. The Government of Belize committed to providing the remainder of the funds. And, if you have traversed the area lately you would have noticed that the approaches to the bridge on both ends are well underway. Evondale Moody told us more.

Evondale Moody, Engineering Coordinator, Project Execution Unit/MIDH

"As you can see, while traversing that area, we have commenced with the approach to the Haulover Bridge itself. Basically the bridge is a one hundred and twenty nine meter span over the Haulover Creek. It also has two approaches on the north and south side that is a hundred and fifty meters in span. In total the bridge will be four hundred and twenty-eight meters long. Reason being, we have those approach on the north and south side is because the area we have there is significantly embedded with peat material which is approximately about forty to forty five feet deep. So, if we build a traditional approach ramp definitely we would have sediments on the approach to the bridge. So, we decided to change the design and have an elevated approach to both sides because you could see on the Phillip Goldson Highway and Benny's roundabout itself we have been experiencing some settlement n the road pavement. So, that is in an effort to improve that design. It is very expensive but it is something we believe because the bridge has a life span of seventy-five to a hundred years that we construct a proper approach to the structure."

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