Four bridges are being repaired in Portuguesa after heavy rains impacted the state's road infrastructure, causing the collapse of one bridge on the José Antonio Páez Highway and threatening the stability of other structures in various municipalities.
La Trinidad, Río Guache, Río Acarigua, and La Vega are the infrastructure projects being urgently addressed simultaneously by the Ministry of Transportation and the Governor's Office, with work that includes channeling water bodies, constructing berms, reinforcing bridge foundations, and other hydraulic protection projects.
In the case of the La Trinidad Bridge, which completely collapsed and is located on the highway, a new box bridge is being built with a double-cell design and formwork weighing more than 60 tons of steel. "We are working