El Salvador: $14 Million for Northern Highway

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It runs from Santa Rosa Guachipilín, in Santa Ana, to El Matazano in Chalatenango, extending over 7.8 km, with 2 lanes of 3.25 meters each.

"José Angel Quirós, Fomilenio's executive director, explained that work on the highway is progressing as expected, and that two more sub projects will begin this year: stretch 5, which runs from Nuevo Edén de San Juan to Carolina's detour; and the bridge 'Nombre de Jesús' in Chalatenango".

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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Fomilenio announced that the 178km of the Northern Longitudinal Highway would be ready in May 2012.

The stretch that runs from Matazano to Nueva Concepción, in Chalatenango, was scheduled to be completed on April 30. Municipal works have delayed it, and should be ready in June.

Offers in for Final Stretch of "Longitudinal del Norte" Highway

August 2010

Six companies have bid to construct Section 3B of the Salvadoran highway that traverses the north of the country.

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El Salvador Starts Construction of Lempa River Bridge

December 2009

With a $2.3 million price tag, the bridge is the first project of the Northern Longitudinal Highway ("Carretera Longitudinal del Norte").

The bridge will feature two lanes of 3.23 meters width, and is a key element of the highway stretch that runs from Metapán, Santa Ana, to Nueva Concepción.

Tender for Road in North Eastern El Salvador

April 2009

Fomilienio expects to tender the first section of the Northern Longitudinal Road in the country’s eastern half.

Specifically, the section that is being designed for tender is the one that runs from Nuevo Edén de San Juan to Gotera.

In an article in laprensagrafica.com, José Ángel Quirós, executive director of Fomilenio, also indicated that the 7 kilometers from Santa Rosa to Guachipelín Matazano will be tendered at the end of May, and that later this year, it expects to launch and award the 2 bridges over the Lempa River: “The 150 meter long En Nombre de Jesús, Sensuntepeque bridge, and the 250 meter long Nuevo Edén de San Juan bridge, in San Miguel."