23/09/2019
3rd Bridge over the Panama Canal, located at Atlantic or Caribbean side in the Colon Province.
Called "The Atlantic Bridge" for now.
Owner: 🇵🇦 Canal Authority
Specs: Designing Team: China Construction Company, HPDI & Louis Berger Group.
*Built by: Vinci Const. Co. - French Concessions. Founded in 1899.
Coordinates: 9.30796° N & 79.91863° W.
Cost: $380 Million.
Construction Time: Started Jan. 2013 & culminated Aug. 2, 2019.
Design: Double Pylon, Double Plane Cable-Stayed.
Total Length: 2,820 mts.
*Longest Span: 530 mts.
Height: 212.5 mts.
Clearance Below: 75 mts.
Material: Pre-stressed Concrete.
Fun Facts: As we speak, "World Record", 256 Cable Sleeves, 32 sleeves per section(19 steel cables per sleeve min & 45 steel cables per sleeve), 175,760 cubic mts of concrete used, 36,900 tons of steel, Replaceable Elements designed to last 60 yrs.