{"id":37737,"date":"2021-08-26T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/?p=37737"},"modified":"2021-08-26T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:21:10","slug":"puente-general-rafael-urdaneta-o-puente-sobre-el-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/?p=37737","title":{"rendered":"PUENTE GENERAL RAFAEL URDANETA o  PUENTE SOBRE EL LAGO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>El 24 de&nbsp;agosto&nbsp;de 1962&nbsp;en&nbsp;Venezuela&nbsp;se&nbsp;inaugura&nbsp;el&nbsp;Puente General Rafael Urdaneta&nbsp;que&nbsp;une&nbsp;las Costas Oriental y Occidental del&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de&nbsp;Maracaibo.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Puente\" class=\"wp-image-37738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puente-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Es uno de los&nbsp;puentes&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;largos de Venezuela y&nbsp;cruza&nbsp;la&nbsp;parte&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;angosta&nbsp;del Lago de Maracaibo,&nbsp;conectando&nbsp;la ciudad de&nbsp;marabina&nbsp;con&nbsp;el&nbsp;resto del&nbsp;pa\u00eds,&nbsp;facilitando&nbsp;la&nbsp;conexi\u00f3n&nbsp;terrestre&nbsp;entre la Regi\u00f3n del Zulia y&nbsp;el&nbsp;centro&nbsp;y&nbsp;oriente&nbsp;del&nbsp;pa\u00eds,&nbsp;permitiendo&nbsp;integrar&nbsp;directamente&nbsp;la&nbsp;econom\u00eda&nbsp;venezolana&nbsp;con&nbsp;valiosas&nbsp;regiones&nbsp;agropecuarias&nbsp;del&nbsp;oeste&nbsp;y sur de la&nbsp;cuenca&nbsp;del&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de Maracaibo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s,&nbsp;desde&nbsp;su&nbsp;puesta&nbsp;en&nbsp;marcha,&nbsp;logr\u00f3&nbsp;reducir&nbsp;significativamente&nbsp;el&nbsp;tiempo&nbsp;necesario&nbsp;para&nbsp;atravesar&nbsp;el&nbsp;lago,&nbsp;pues&nbsp;de 45&nbsp;minutos&nbsp;(en&nbsp;ferry), se&nbsp;pas\u00f3&nbsp;a solo 10&nbsp;minutos&nbsp;(en&nbsp;autom\u00f3vil).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El&nbsp;puente&nbsp;Rafael Urdaneta es un&nbsp;imponente&nbsp;viaducto&nbsp;ubicado&nbsp;sobre&nbsp;el&nbsp;canal natural que&nbsp;une&nbsp;el&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de Maracaibo con la Bah\u00eda del&nbsp;Tablazo&nbsp;en&nbsp;el&nbsp;estado&nbsp;de Zulia&nbsp;en&nbsp;Venezuela,&nbsp;conocido&nbsp;tambi\u00e9n&nbsp;como&nbsp;el&nbsp;<strong>Puente&nbsp;sobre&nbsp;el&nbsp;Lago<\/strong>.&nbsp;Su&nbsp;construcci\u00f3n&nbsp;se&nbsp;inici\u00f3&nbsp;a&nbsp;finales&nbsp;de la&nbsp;d\u00e9cada&nbsp;de 1950 y se&nbsp;extendi\u00f3&nbsp;durante&nbsp;cinco&nbsp;a\u00f1os,&nbsp;inaugur\u00e1ndose&nbsp;en&nbsp;agosto&nbsp;de 1962.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Estructura<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>De\u00a0acuerdo\u00a0al blog\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.360enconcreto.com\/blog\/detalle\/concreto-en-puente-rafael-urdaneta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">360enconcreto<\/a>,\u00a0el\u00a0ingeniero\u00a0civil Omar Javier\u00a0Silva, \u00a0indica\u00a0que es\u00a0destacable\u00a0el\u00a0hecho\u00a0que\u00a0este\u00a0es\u00a0el\u00a0puente\u00a0se le\u00a0considera\u00a0el\u00a0primer\u00a0puente\u00a0moderno\u00a0de\u00a0su\u00a0tipo\u00a0en\u00a0Venezuela, gracias a que la\u00a0tecnolog\u00eda\u00a0utilizada\u00a0para\u00a0su\u00a0construcci\u00f3n\u00a0costa\u00a0afuera\u00a0fue\u00a0dise\u00f1ada\u00a0por\u00a0venezolanos, e\u00a0involucr\u00f3\u00a0dentro de\u00a0aspectos\u00a0m\u00e1s\u00a0relevantes,\u00a0el\u00a0dise\u00f1o\u00a0de\u00a0gabarras\u00a0para\u00a0hincado\u00a0de\u00a0pilotes\u00a0(gabarras\u00a0martillo) y\u00a0pilotes\u00a0para\u00a0el\u00a0tipo\u00a0de\u00a0lecho\u00a0que\u00a0presenta\u00a0el\u00a0lago,\u00a0adem\u00e1s\u00a0de\u00a0otros\u00a0accesorios\u00a0para la\u00a0distribuci\u00f3n\u00a0de las cargas a ser\u00a0izadas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otras&nbsp;de las&nbsp;caracter\u00edsticas&nbsp;del&nbsp;puente&nbsp;son:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construido&nbsp;en&nbsp;concreto&nbsp;armado&nbsp;y&nbsp;pretensado, con una&nbsp;longitud&nbsp;total de 8.678 m. En&nbsp;su&nbsp;parte&nbsp;central es una&nbsp;estructura&nbsp;atirantada.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Su&nbsp;ancho total es de 17,40 m.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cuenta con&nbsp;cuatro&nbsp;carriles&nbsp;de&nbsp;circulaci\u00f3n&nbsp;para&nbsp;autom\u00f3viles&nbsp;de 3,60 m&nbsp;cada&nbsp;uno,&nbsp;separados&nbsp;por una&nbsp;isla&nbsp;central de 1,20 m y dos&nbsp;aceras&nbsp;de 0,90 m&nbsp;cada&nbsp;una.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Posee 135&nbsp;tramos,&nbsp;cinco&nbsp;de&nbsp;ellos&nbsp;centrales&nbsp;de 235 m de luz,&nbsp;sostenidos&nbsp;por cables de&nbsp;acero. Los 130&nbsp;tramos&nbsp;restantes&nbsp;son de 57,7 m de luz.&nbsp;<\/li><li>92,5 metros de alto&nbsp;miden&nbsp;cada&nbsp;una de las seis&nbsp;pilas&nbsp;ubicadas&nbsp;en&nbsp;la&nbsp;parte&nbsp;central del&nbsp;puente.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Est\u00e1&nbsp;compuesto&nbsp;por 134&nbsp;pilas, dentro de las&nbsp;cuales, las 6&nbsp;centrales&nbsp;tienen&nbsp;16&nbsp;guayas&nbsp;(cables&nbsp;atirantados)&nbsp;cada&nbsp;una,&nbsp;distribuidas&nbsp;en&nbsp;4&nbsp;secciones. En total son 384&nbsp;guayas&nbsp;con 180 t de&nbsp;capacidad.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Toda&nbsp;su&nbsp;cimentaci\u00f3n&nbsp;est\u00e1&nbsp;anclada&nbsp;en&nbsp;el&nbsp;fondo&nbsp;del Lago de Maracaibo, a una&nbsp;profundidad&nbsp;de 60 m.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Alcanza&nbsp;una&nbsp;altura&nbsp;de 45 m&nbsp;sobre&nbsp;el&nbsp;nivel&nbsp;del&nbsp;agua,&nbsp;permitiendo&nbsp;el&nbsp;libre paso de los&nbsp;grandes&nbsp;barcos&nbsp;y&nbsp;tanqueros&nbsp;provenientes&nbsp;del mar Caribe.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Soporta&nbsp;un&nbsp;tr\u00e1fico&nbsp;promedio&nbsp;de 45.000&nbsp;veh\u00edculos&nbsp;diarios.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Est\u00e1&nbsp;dotado&nbsp;de 5 puntos de&nbsp;vigilancia&nbsp;con&nbsp;c\u00e1maras&nbsp;y&nbsp;dispositivos&nbsp;de&nbsp;seguridad&nbsp;digitales&nbsp;a lo largo del&nbsp;puente.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Materiales y&nbsp;equipos&nbsp;utilizados&nbsp;en&nbsp;la&nbsp;estructura<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Concreto&nbsp;utilizado: 27.000 m\u00b3&nbsp;<\/li><li>483 m de&nbsp;pilotes&nbsp;de&nbsp;perforaci\u00f3n&nbsp;redondos&nbsp;de 1,35 m de&nbsp;di\u00e1metro, con 675 t de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;portante.&nbsp;<\/li><li>170 m de&nbsp;pilotes&nbsp;de&nbsp;hinca&nbsp;redondos&nbsp;de 0,92 m de&nbsp;di\u00e1metro&nbsp;con 675 t de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;portante.&nbsp;<\/li><li>260 m de&nbsp;pilotes&nbsp;de&nbsp;hinca&nbsp;cuadrados&nbsp;50\/50 cm (macizos), con 75 t de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;portante.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cables de&nbsp;pretensado: 5.000 t&nbsp;<\/li><li>Acero (corriente&nbsp;y especial): 19.000 t&nbsp;<\/li><li>Total&nbsp;cemento: 138.000 t&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Algunas&nbsp;de la&nbsp;maquinarias&nbsp;utilizadas&nbsp;en&nbsp;la&nbsp;construcci\u00f3n&nbsp;de&nbsp;esta&nbsp;obra&nbsp;fueron:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1&nbsp;gr\u00faa&nbsp;elefante&nbsp;con&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;de 250&nbsp;toneladas.&nbsp;<\/li><li>1&nbsp;gr\u00faa&nbsp;flotante&nbsp;de 300&nbsp;toneladas&nbsp;de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;y 52 metros de&nbsp;altura&nbsp;de&nbsp;gancho.&nbsp;<\/li><li>1&nbsp;gr\u00faa&nbsp;jirafa&nbsp;de 135&nbsp;toneladas&nbsp;de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;y 75 metros de&nbsp;altura&nbsp;de&nbsp;gancho.&nbsp;<\/li><li>1&nbsp;gr\u00faa&nbsp;Harold de 60&nbsp;toneladas&nbsp;de&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;y 36 metros de&nbsp;altura&nbsp;de&nbsp;gancho.&nbsp;<\/li><li>2&nbsp;islas&nbsp;flotantes&nbsp;con&nbsp;el&nbsp;nombre&nbsp;de Coche y&nbsp;Cubagua.&nbsp;<\/li><li>1&nbsp;draga&nbsp;Dixie&nbsp;con dos&nbsp;motores&nbsp;de 248 y 82 hp, con&nbsp;tupo&nbsp;de&nbsp;succi\u00f3n&nbsp;de 10 pies.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Para las&nbsp;pilas&nbsp;centrales, se&nbsp;utilizaron&nbsp;10&nbsp;gr\u00faas&nbsp;torres,&nbsp;cuatro&nbsp;de las&nbsp;cuales&nbsp;alcanzaban&nbsp;alturas&nbsp;de 100 metros.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Para los&nbsp;trabajos&nbsp;lacustres, se&nbsp;emplearon: 13&nbsp;remolcadores, 19 lanchas, 50&nbsp;gabarras&nbsp;y una&nbsp;cantidad&nbsp;considerable de lanchas&nbsp;peque\u00f1as&nbsp;con&nbsp;motores&nbsp;fuera&nbsp;de&nbsp;borda.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fue&nbsp;nombrado&nbsp;en&nbsp;honor al general Rafael Urdaneta,&nbsp;h\u00e9roe&nbsp;zuliano&nbsp;de la&nbsp;independencia&nbsp;de Venezuela. Es de los&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;grandes&nbsp;del&nbsp;mundo&nbsp;en&nbsp;su&nbsp;tipo,&nbsp;el&nbsp;segundo&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;largo de Am\u00e9rica Latina, solo&nbsp;despu\u00e9s&nbsp;del Puente R\u00edo-Niter\u00f3i&nbsp;en&nbsp;Brasil&nbsp;y&nbsp;ocupa&nbsp;el&nbsp;n\u00famero&nbsp;65 de los&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;largos a&nbsp;nivel&nbsp;mundial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este&nbsp;puente&nbsp;es sin&nbsp;duda&nbsp;alguna&nbsp;una de las&nbsp;obras&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;antiguas&nbsp;e&nbsp;innovadores&nbsp;en&nbsp;Am\u00e9rica Latina,&nbsp;ya&nbsp;que&nbsp;sortear&nbsp;diferentes&nbsp;tipos&nbsp;de&nbsp;retos&nbsp;constructivos&nbsp;y&nbsp;debido&nbsp;a&nbsp;su&nbsp;extraordinario&nbsp;desarrollo&nbsp;y&nbsp;funcionalidad&nbsp;que le&nbsp;dio&nbsp;el&nbsp;equipo&nbsp;de&nbsp;ingenieros, ha&nbsp;sido&nbsp;una gran&nbsp;directriz&nbsp;para la&nbsp;ingenier\u00eda&nbsp;actual,&nbsp;haciendo&nbsp;posible&nbsp;que hoy&nbsp;en&nbsp;d\u00eda&nbsp;siga&nbsp;siendo&nbsp;una gran&nbsp;obra&nbsp;de&nbsp;ingenier\u00eda&nbsp;y&nbsp;atractivo&nbsp;tur\u00edstico.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nota&nbsp;aclaratoria&nbsp;de&nbsp;responsabilidad:&nbsp;<\/strong>Las&nbsp;observaciones&nbsp;contenidas&nbsp;en&nbsp;este&nbsp;documento&nbsp;son de&nbsp;car\u00e1cter&nbsp;informativo&nbsp;y&nbsp;deben&nbsp;ser&nbsp;aplicadas&nbsp;y\/o&nbsp;evaluadas&nbsp;por&nbsp;el&nbsp;constructor o&nbsp;usuario&nbsp;solamente&nbsp;en&nbsp;caso&nbsp;de&nbsp;considerarlas&nbsp;pertinentes. Por lo tanto,&nbsp;estas&nbsp;observaciones&nbsp;no&nbsp;comprometen&nbsp;a&nbsp;Argos, a sus&nbsp;filiales&nbsp;o a sus&nbsp;subordinados.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seryhumano.com\/web\/\">seryhumano.com&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si&nbsp;quiere&nbsp;recibir&nbsp;en&nbsp;su&nbsp;celular&nbsp;esta&nbsp;y&nbsp;otras&nbsp;informaciones&nbsp;y&nbsp;art\u00edculos&nbsp;descargue&nbsp;Telegram,&nbsp;ingrese&nbsp;al link&nbsp;<a href=\"htts:\/\/t.me\/seryhumano\">htts:\/\/t.me\/seryhumano&nbsp;<\/a>y dele&nbsp;clic&nbsp;a +Unirme&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El 24 de&nbsp;agosto&nbsp;de 1962&nbsp;en&nbsp;Venezuela&nbsp;se&nbsp;inaugura&nbsp;el&nbsp;Puente General Rafael Urdaneta&nbsp;que&nbsp;une&nbsp;las Costas Oriental y Occidental del&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de&nbsp;Maracaibo.&nbsp; Es uno de los&nbsp;puentes&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;largos de Venezuela y&nbsp;cruza&nbsp;la&nbsp;parte&nbsp;m\u00e1s&nbsp;angosta&nbsp;del Lago de Maracaibo,&nbsp;conectando&nbsp;la ciudad de&nbsp;marabina&nbsp;con&nbsp;el&nbsp;resto del&nbsp;pa\u00eds,&nbsp;facilitando&nbsp;la&nbsp;conexi\u00f3n&nbsp;terrestre&nbsp;entre la Regi\u00f3n del Zulia y&nbsp;el&nbsp;centro&nbsp;y&nbsp;oriente&nbsp;del&nbsp;pa\u00eds,&nbsp;permitiendo&nbsp;integrar&nbsp;directamente&nbsp;la&nbsp;econom\u00eda&nbsp;venezolana&nbsp;con&nbsp;valiosas&nbsp;regiones&nbsp;agropecuarias&nbsp;del&nbsp;oeste&nbsp;y sur de la&nbsp;cuenca&nbsp;del&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de Maracaibo.&nbsp;&nbsp; Adem\u00e1s,&nbsp;desde&nbsp;su&nbsp;puesta&nbsp;en&nbsp;marcha,&nbsp;logr\u00f3&nbsp;reducir&nbsp;significativamente&nbsp;el&nbsp;tiempo&nbsp;necesario&nbsp;para&nbsp;atravesar&nbsp;el&nbsp;lago,&nbsp;pues&nbsp;de 45&nbsp;minutos&nbsp;(en&nbsp;ferry), se&nbsp;pas\u00f3&nbsp;a solo 10&nbsp;minutos&nbsp;(en&nbsp;autom\u00f3vil).&nbsp; El&nbsp;puente&nbsp;Rafael Urdaneta es un&nbsp;imponente&nbsp;viaducto&nbsp;ubicado&nbsp;sobre&nbsp;el&nbsp;canal natural que&nbsp;une&nbsp;el&nbsp;lago&nbsp;de Maracaibo con la Bah\u00eda del&nbsp;Tablazo&nbsp;en&nbsp;el&nbsp;estado&nbsp;de Zulia&nbsp;en&nbsp;Venezuela,&nbsp;conocido&nbsp;tambi\u00e9n&nbsp;como&nbsp;el&nbsp;Puente&nbsp;sobre&nbsp;el&nbsp;Lago.&nbsp;Su&nbsp;construcci\u00f3n&nbsp;se&nbsp;inici\u00f3&nbsp;a&nbsp;finales&nbsp;de la&nbsp;d\u00e9cada&nbsp;de 1950 y se&nbsp;extendi\u00f3&nbsp;durante&nbsp;cinco&nbsp;a\u00f1os,&nbsp;inaugur\u00e1ndose&nbsp;en&nbsp;agosto&nbsp;de&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":37738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[167,7359,4429,7361,483,7360,5266,165],"class_list":["post-37737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultura","tag-cultura","tag-general-rafael-urdaneta","tag-geografia","tag-ingenieria","tag-maracaibo","tag-puente","tag-puente-sobre-el-lago","tag-venezuela","category-122","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PUENTE GENERAL RAFAEL URDANETA o PUENTE SOBRE EL LAGO &#187; 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