The bridge suffered a fire in one of its cable systems in March 2007 when there was an accident on the main deck.

Under this program, the federal highway "Cuernavaca - Acapulco", also called the "Route of the Sun", was proposed to be re-routed to reduce the distance, as well as travel time.

Highway 95 was a part of the path called "The Sentiments of the Nation Route", which included the connection between Mexico City and Acapulco.

[4] The innovative overall concept of this bridge featured four adjacent main spans sustained by three consecutive harps of cable stays attached to three tall towers, with the central tower being the central main pylon (pier) of 173 m (568 ft) in height.

[1][5] The calculation of the static and dynamic effects of turbulent wind on the bridge, when in service and under construction, was carried out using the "Scanner" computer program, taking into account the aerodynamic measurements made at the Carmel West Wind Laboratory (J. Raggett) on a model of the bridge deck, with the help of Pr Scanlan.

Careful studies of the behavior of this bridge under seismic conditions were also carried out using the same computer program.

A cable supported concrete pylon structure was adopted due to high seismic conditions of the area.

A moot question that was posed in the analysis was "would this bridge have survived the loss of two or three adjacent cables?"