Historical bridges

Name Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
1 Puente del Matadero, Panama Historic monument
ID 08-097-DCMHN		 Masonry

Quebrada Santa Elena
 1607 Panama City
9°00′12.6″N 79°29′40.6″W / 9.003500°N 79.494611°W / 9.003500; -79.494611 (Puente del Matadero, Panama)		 Panamá Province [1]
2 Puente del Rey, Panama Historic monument
ID 08-098-DCMHN		 Masonry
1 arch

Abajo River
 1634 Panama City
9°00′47.9″N 79°29′09.0″W / 9.013306°N 79.485833°W / 9.013306; -79.485833 (Puente del Rey, Panama)		 Panamá Province [2]
3 Portobello Colonial Bridge Historic monument
ID 03-054-DCMH		 Masonry
1 arch		 17th century Portobelo Colón Province [3]

Major bridges

Name Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Province Ref.
1 Atlantic Bridge 530 m (1,740 ft) 2,820 m (9,250 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
230+530+230

Panama Canal
Limon Bay
 2019 Colón
9°18′27.4″N 79°55′06.9″W / 9.307611°N 79.918583°W / 9.307611; -79.918583 (Atlantic Bridge)		 Colón Province [S 1]
2 Fourth Panama Canal Bridge
project		 510 m (1,670 ft) 2,100 m (6,900 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete pylons
Line 3 (Panama Metro)
Panama Canal
 Balboa, Panama City
8°56′49.4″N 79°34′10.3″W / 8.947056°N 79.569528°W / 8.947056; -79.569528 (Fourth Panama Canal Bridge)		 Panamá
Panamá Oeste		 [4]
3 Centennial Bridge 420 m (1,380 ft) 1,052 m (3,451 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
200+420+200
Pan-American Highway
Panama Canal
 2004 Paraíso - Burunga
9°18′27.4″N 79°55′06.9″W / 9.307611°N 79.918583°W / 9.307611; -79.918583 (Centennial Bridge)		 Panamá
Panamá Oeste		 [S 2]
4 Bridge of the Americas 344 m (1,129 ft) 1,655 m (5,430 ft) Arch
Steel through arch
Carretera Panama-Arraijan
Panama Canal
 1962 Balboa, Panama City
8°56′35.6″N 79°33′53.1″W / 8.943222°N 79.564750°W / 8.943222; -79.564750 (Bridge of the Americas)		 Panamá
Panamá Oeste		 [S 3]
5 Rio Chiriquí Suspension Bridge 122 m (400 ft) 200 m (660 ft) Suspension
Steel pylons

Chiriquí River
 1937 David Chiriquí Province [S 4]
6 Corredor Sur Viaduct 2,700 m (8,900 ft) Beam
Prestressed concrete
Pan-American Highway
Corredor Sur
Gulf of Panama
(Pacific Ocean)
 Panama City
8°59′57.6″N 79°29′21.7″W / 8.999333°N 79.489361°W / 8.999333; -79.489361 (Corredor Sur Viaduct)		 Panamá Province [S 5]
7 Viaducto Marino 2,400 m (7,900 ft) Beam
Prestressed concrete
Cinta Costera
Gulf of Panama
(Pacific Ocean)
 1998 Panama City
8°56′58.0″N 79°31′39.0″W / 8.949444°N 79.527500°W / 8.949444; -79.527500 (Viaducto Marino)		 Panamá Province [S 6]
8 Bayano Bridge Cantilever
Steel
Pan-American Highway
Bayano Lake
 Babita de Perro
9°10′15.5″N 78°47′45.0″W / 9.170972°N 78.795833°W / 9.170972; -78.795833 (Bayano Bridge)		 Panamá Province


References

  1. ^ "Atlantic Bridge".
  2. ^ "Puente Centenario".
  3. ^ "Bridge of the Americas".
  4. ^ "Rio Chiriquí Suspension Bridge".
  5. ^ "Corredor Sur Viaduct".
  6. ^ "Viaducto Marino".
  1. ^ "Puente del Matadero". patronatopanamaviejo.org (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Puente del Rey". patronatopanamaviejo.org (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Monumentos Históricos de Portobelo y sus fortificaciones - Puentes Coloniales". panamatour.it (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Chinese consortium to begin work on fourth bridge across Panama Canal". worldconstructionnetwork.com. December 2018.

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