Overview
- Mexico’s transport ministry says construction has topped 92% with final interchange work and operating prep underway, and no opening date announced.
- The elevated roadway spans 11.2 kilometers, including 8.8 kilometers over the Nichupté lagoon and 2.4 kilometers of connectors to Boulevard Colosio and Boulevard Kukulcán.
- The design provides three lanes with one reversible lane to match daily traffic flows, plus a 103‑meter steel arch segment and a protected cycle path.
- Authorities project up to 45 minutes saved on trips between the city and the hotel zone, benefiting roughly 1.3 million residents and more than 20 million annual visitors, with about 20,000 vehicles expected per day.
- The project carries a SEMARNAT‑approved environmental plan that includes restoring 306 hectares of mangroves, rehabilitating 118 hectares of seagrass, relocating over 2,100 animals, and ongoing ecosystem monitoring, and it has generated about 51,000 direct and indirect jobs.