| Puente de la Unidad | |
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Puente de la Unidad at night |
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| Carries | vehicles |
| Crosses | Santa Catarina River[1] |
| Locale | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1] |
| Designer | Daniel Tassin[1] |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge, inclined pylon, asymmetric, semi-fan arrangement |
| Material | concrete (pylon)[1] |
| Total length | 304 metres (997 ft)[1] |
| Width | 28 to 35 metres (92 to 115 ft)[1] |
| Height | 134 metres (440 ft) (pylon)[1] |
| Longest span | 185 metres (607 ft)[1] |
| Constructed by | Grupo Garza Ponce |
Puente de la Unidad or Viaducto de la Unidad is a cable-stayed bridge designed by Óscar Bulnes that crosses the Santa Catarina River and connects the cities of Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is part of a circuit called "Circuito La Unidad", which would consist of the interconnection of a series of Avenues.
It was finished in 2003 and has been controversial even before its completion because the river it crosses is dry almost all year long, and the cost of building this 4 lane cable-stayed bridge would be the same as for building a 6 lane conventional bridge. Frequently it was argued that the costly bridge would aid a relative few, versus spending the money for the rapid transit system of Metrorrey.