Periurban stretch project between the MA-417 and the Guadalhorce expressway. The route starts at Alhaurín de la Torre township, crosses under two overpasses, road MA-416 or Vereda de Ardales and the Acueducto del Rey, leaving the Portales del Peñón to the west and El Pantano to the east. Next, the expressway goes around Zapata, to the west of it, crosses the Guadalhorce River at the headwaters of its channeling. As it enters Málaga municipality, it crosses the rail and the new CórdobaMálaga High Speed Line and road MA401 by means of a viaduct. The route then crosses through Mercamálaga and the industrial estate called La Huertecilla, to finish before the intersection with Guadalhorce Expressway A-357. The most important geometrical characteristics of the route are a project speed of 100 km/h and a cross section of 3 10,50-14,00 m lanes in each direction with a 10 m wide central reservation. The viaduct over the Gualdalhorce River (E-7) and the overpasses of the del Rey Aqueduct (E-5) and of the Vereda de Ardales to Málaga are considered the most unique of all the structures defined in the project, as regarding their landscape and environmental integration. A unique viaduct is designed over the mouth cone of the hydraulic fittings of the Guadalhorce River, consisting of two independent 840 m long decks and 9 openings. The abutments of the south side are aligned with the retaining wall of the channelization. This causes a great obliquity at the beginning that is solved with a decalage in the decks’ start for their orographic integration, that enables them to reach the north abutment in a position noticeably more orthogonal to the retaining wall
• New Ring Road underpass below the Puente del Rey Aqueduct (E-5). • Layout plan of the new Ring Road. To incorporate a high capacity lane within city boundaries, to value the natural and cultural resources of the surroundings and to achieve bridge dimensions in harmony with the territory are considered determining aspects in the definition of the viaduct over the Guadalhorce River and of the structure which spans the Aqueduct of the puente del Rey (King’s bridge). • Cross section of the ring road with the visual and acoustics protection retaining wall.
NEW WEST RING ROAD OF MÁLAGA, MA 417 –A 357 GUADALHORCE HIGHWAY CONNECTION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Málaga, 2006-2007