List of bridges in Panama

Historical bridges

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

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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
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
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
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
1937 David Chiriquí Province [S 4]
  6 Corredor Sur Viaduct 2,700 m (8,900 ft) Beam
Prestressed concrete
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
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
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

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  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  • Others references
  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.

See also

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