Virilla
or "Platina"
Bridge
To Be
Closed
On
Sunday
The
Ministerio
de Obras
Públicas
y
Transportes
(MOPT)
has
asked
the
Laboratorio
de
Materiales
y
Modelos
Estructurales
(LANAMME)
to
analyze
the
problems
of the
Virilla
or "platina"
bridge.
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The
LANAMME
analysis
will be
done in
conjunction
with a
MOPT
team in
the
hopes of
finding
a
solution
to what
appears
a never
ending
problem.
The MOPT
announced
that
repairs
will be
done
over two
Sundays
to avoid
major
interruption
of
traffic
over the
bridge
on Costa
Rica's
busiest
highway,
the
autopista
General
Cañas,
that has
a daily
traffic
volume
of
90.000
vehicles.
The
closures
will
begin
this
Saturday
night at
midnight
and
re-open
Monday
morning
in the
hopes of
a
permanent
repair
to the
cracking
concrete
poured
less
than two
weeks
ago.
The
closure
of the
highway
is total
between
the
Pablo II
bridge
and the
Plaza
Cariari.
LANAMME
is the
academic
research
unit of
the
Uniseridad
de Costa
Rica (UCR)
whose
main
purpose
is
self-development
resarch,
teaching,
technical
cooperation
and
technology
transfer
for the
protection
of
civilian
infrastructure,
roads
and
lifelines.
Its main
objective
is to
create
and
transfer
expertise
and
services
to
private
enterprise,
autonomous
institutions,
academic
institutions,
specialized
institutions
and
local or
municipal
governments
in the
country
and the
governments
of the
region,
to
contribute
to the
adoption
of
modern
technological
processes
and safe
production
processes
and
strengthen
competitiveness
in the
field of
transport
infrastructure
engineering,
seismic,
structural
and
geotechnical
engineering.
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