Chiapas Bridge

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The Chiapas Bridge ("Puente Chiapas") was inaugurated in December 2003, and crosses the Nezahualcoyotl Lake part of the Malpaso Dam, in southern Mexico.

It has a length of 1,208 metres and is 10 metres wide, has two driving lanes, is part of the connection between Las Choapas (Veracruz) and Raudales-Ocozocoautla (Chiapas), and is now an important milestone of the federal highway Cosolealecaque-Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

The bridge shortens approximately 100 kilometres (60 miles) or 3.5 hours the travel time between Mexico City and Chiapas.

Coordinates: 17°08′20″N 93°35′35″W / 17.139°N 93.593°W / 17.139; -93.593