Bridge of the Americas

E154167

arch bridge road bridge steel bridge

The Bridge of the Americas is a major road bridge in Panama that spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, connecting the land masses of North and South America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bridge of the Americas canonical	7
Puente de las Américas	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ
builder	United States of America ⓘ
carries	Pan-American Highway ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ
clearanceBelow	61.3 m ⓘ
connects	North America ⓘ Panama City west bank and east bank road networks ⓘ South America ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1959 ⓘ
cost	20 million US dollars ⓘ
country	Panama ⓘ
crosses	Panama Canal ⓘ surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal Panama Canal ⓘ
designer	Federal Highway Administration ⓘ surface form: United States Bureau of Public Roads
formerName	Thatcher Ferry Bridge ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes	4 ⓘ
hasToll	no ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic bridge in Panama ⓘ
isAbove	sea level shipping channel ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
languageOfNativeName	Spanish ⓘ
length	1654 m ⓘ
locatedOn	Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
location	Balboa ⓘ Panama City ⓘ
mainSpanLength	344 m ⓘ
maintainedBy	Government of Panama ⓘ surface form: Panamanian government
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Americas ⓘ
nativeName	Bridge of the Americas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Puente de las Américas
near	Museo del Canal Interoceánico de Panamá ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal Administration Building Port of Balboa ⓘ
opened	1962 ⓘ
openedBy	Omar Torrijos ⓘ
openingDate	1962-10-12 ⓘ
owner	Panama ⓘ surface form: Republic of Panama
partOf	Pan-American Highway ⓘ surface form: Pan-American Highway network
regionServed	Panama City ⓘ surface form: Panama City metropolitan area
structureType	cantilever approach spans ⓘ
symbolOf	Panama Canal Zone (historical) ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal Zone era connection between North and South America ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panama City → hasLandmark → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Biomuseo → near → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Balboa district → connectedBy → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Bridge of the Americas → nativeName → Bridge of the Americas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puente de las Américas

Punta Culebra Nature Center → near → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Fort Amador → hasViewOf → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Bridge of the Americas → alsoKnownAs → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puente de las Américas

Arraiján District → roadAccess → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ

Naos Island → locatedNear → Bridge of the Americas ⓘ