Mexican archaeologists found the remains of a old stretch of the Panamerican’s highwayroad that connected to the Mexico City with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
The section of this highway, which was the first of its kind in the country, was located during the works of supervision of the works of the Indios Verdes Modal Transfer Center (Cetram).
According to archaeologist Miguel Ángel Luna Muñoz, the Panamerican’s highway it was built with basalt rock, which was covered with black gravel. A 6-millimeter-thick asphalt layer was added to this material, which is also evident.
It is important to mention that the discovered sections of this important road are the only testimonies that are known so far of this road.
Meanwhile, Daniel Santos Hipólito, coordinator of the works, said that about 40 meters of paved road were freed, which belongs to the Pan-American Highway. In addition, these vestiges are four meters wide, but it is thought that their extension was greater.
Sections of the Pan-American Highway
The first discovery occurred two months ago, when the team of specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) located a section of the old route.
On that occasion, it was located on the eastern side of Avenida Insurgentes North. While the new vestige was located on the west side
The Panamerican’s highway It was inaugurated on July 1, 1936 and ran from the Rio Grande to the capital of our country. In total, it had a thousand 226 kilometers, with which it was intended to establish new commercial routes with USA.
It was during the government of Lazaro Cardenas when this important automotive road was opened. The construction of the stretch of Nuevo Laredo to CDMX It was the result of a decade of work. It required an investment of approximately 65 million pesos.
Currently, the Panamericana is a network of more than 40 thousand kilometers that extends from Alaska to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.
The remains of a possible viceregal channel
In parallel, the specialists of the INAH they work on registering and releasing a channel. According to the researchers who are in the works, soil samples have already been taken to define the age of the canal.
Similarly, in the area of Cetram of Green Indians materials were located that are linked to the occupation of the area by the riverside peoples of the Lake Texcoco. Among the articles, various ceramics and obsidian pieces stand out.