Provincial Viaduct, Cable-stayed bridge in Bucaramanga, Colombia

The Provincial Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge in Bucaramanga with a 550 m deck, a 292 m central span and two 130 m concrete pylons. Its post-tensioned box girder was built segment by segment, with steel-and-concrete pylons and cables fanning from the pylon tops to the deck edges.

A first study for a road linking the centre with the Ciudadela Real de Minas was presented in 1993, but budget limits turned it into a smaller carreteable project. The viaduct was revived in 2009, the tender was awarded in May 2010 and the first stone laid on 30 July 2010. Built in 53 months instead of the planned 18 to 22, it opened on 9 April 2015 and in 2021 was renamed after journalist Alejandro Galvis Ramírez.

Locals call it the Viaducto de la Novena after Carrera Novena, the road it relieves. In 2021 it was renamed Viaducto Provincial Alejandro Galvis Ramírez for the Santander journalist who died of COVID-19 that year. An obelisk-shaped monument stands at the northern start of the bridge.

Access at the northern end, where Calle 45 meets Carrera 9, is still handled by traffic lights at street level; the elevated interchange there is not built. The southern interchange in the Mutis neighbourhood has operated since December 2015. Beside the northern start stands an obelisk-shaped monument with a panoramic view of the bridge and its lighting.

The bridge deck was constructed using a special advancing method where concrete segments were moved outward in sections over the growing structure. This innovative technique allowed the bridge to be built without requiring permanent supports underneath during construction.