Tunnels 1-2-3 Sector 1 Bogotá – Villavicencio Highway

This project is included in the Bogotá – Villavicencio Highway Improvements works, and includes the completion of three tunnels in Sector 1. El Tablón – Puente Téllez.

• Tunnel 1, known as La Herradura, has a total length of 299 m, and is located between kilometres 35+613 and 35+912.
• Tunnel 2, Moscosio, has a total length of 384m, and is located between kilometres 36+146 and 36+520.
• Tunnel 3. La Culebra, has a total length of 539 m, and is located between kilometres 37+200 and 37+670.

The length of the excavated mine tunnel will be:

The excavation of the tunnels takes place through rock mass in the Lower Cáqueza Formation, basically made up of lutites with interspersed rock layers of siltstone and/or sandstone.

The area is affected by multiple tectonic accidents caused various folds in the rock and intense fracturing.