Hanging Bridge of the World

Mexican President Felipe Calderon inaugurated the world's highest suspension bridge called the Bridge Baluarte. This bridge stretches over the cliff in the mountains of the Sierra Madre which has a depth of 403 meters.

This bridge will be part of a new causeway that cuts the distance between Mazatlan on the Pacific Coast inland to Durango in Mexico. The bridge is so high, so it fits the Eiffel Tower is under bentangannya.

"This project will bring together people in northern Mexico was like before," said President Calderon in the inauguration ceremony on Thursday, January 5, 2012 it.

The inauguration is then accompanied by a gift of Guinness World Records are delivered directly to Calderon. The bridge was officially beat the previous record holder, Bridge Millau Viaduct in France.

1.124 kilometer long bridge is part of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence from Spain. This new cross road new operating plan this year, which is expected to boost tourism and trade in the region.

Before there was this path, the path connecting Mazatlan-Durango is known as the winding road known as "devils backbone" which implies the difficulty.

Baluarte addition, there are eight other bridges that have a height above 300 meters and 60 tunnels. Thanks to this new path, the journey between the two cities is expected to live into 6-hour road trip. Furthermore, the BBC reported, this pathway becomes a causeway connecting the Pacific and Atlantic coast.