Bridge of the Americas

Sted	Panama City, Panama
Status	In use
Open	1962
Function	Road bridge
Design	Arch bridge

Length	1 654 m
Height	117 m
Clearance below	61 m
Longest span	344 m
Width	10 m
Number of spans	14

See bridge in maps

The Bridge of the Americas is the first fixed bridge connection to cross the Panama Canal in Panama.
The idea of ​​a bridge started in 1923
Construction of the bridge began in 1959 and in 1962 it opened. The bridge is 1654 meters long and has a span of 344 meters. The bridge was part of the Pan-American Highway until the Centennial Bridge opened in 2004.