Government issues order to proceed for fourth bridge over Panama Canal

Government issues order to proceed for fourth bridge over Panama Canal

The bridge will have three lanes in each direction and two central lines for monorail for Line 3 of the Panama Metro

The Panamanian President, Juan Carlos Varela, today delivers the order for the design and construction of the Fourth Bridge over the Panama Canal, in an act at the International Maritime University.

The Ministry of Public Works and the Panama Fourth Bridge Consortium, formed by the companies China Communications Construction Company LTD and China Harbor Engineering Company LTD, signed on November 9 the contract for the construction of the work, "for an amount of investment per 1,420,027,324.73 dollars, "then reported the Panamanian infrastructure office.

By Panama America

"The main bridge will have a gauge of 75 meters and a width of 51 meters, and will be of the cable-stayed type to save a main light of 510 meters and side lights that add up to 251 meters on each side.

It will have three lanes in each direction and two central lines for monorail for Line 3 of the Panama Metro, "he added.

The Ministry then added that the bridge, designed for a useful life of 100 years, will benefit more than 1.7 million inhabitants, and seeks to "alleviate the situation of the Las Americas Bridge", one of the most emblematic in the country, and "absorb the future demand in this area, estimated at 70,000 vehicles daily according to the records of 2017. "