Bridge of the Americas

The Bridge of the Americas is a road bridge in which spans the Pacific entrance to the . Designed by American civil engineering company Sverdrup & Parcel, it was completed in 1962 at a cost of US$20 million.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: road bridge in Panama, spanning the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
  • Also known as: “Puente de las Américas” and “Thatcher Ferry Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sosa Hill and Figali Convention Center.

Peak
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is a peak.

Convention center
is an indoor sports arena, in , , . The capacity of the arena is 25,000. Built in 2003, as the main venue for the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, which took place in Panama that year. is situated 2 km east of Bridge of the Americas.

Memorial
Photo: Gary Amberths, CC BY 2.0.
The in a monument in , Panama. It was constructed in honor of George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer of the and United States Army General. is situated 2 km northeast of Bridge of the Americas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balboa and Casco Antiguo.

Photo: Editorpana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of , located at the Pacific entrance to the . It was the capital of the Panama Canal Zone under American administration. Today, the Panama Canal Authority has its main headquarters on Heights.

Quarter
Photo: ADelBarrioB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capital of and the most populous city in the country, it is located on the Pacific coast, near the entrance of the Panama Canal. is situated 3½ km east of Bridge of the Americas.

Hamlet
is a mixed-use real estate development in , , , located on the site of the former Howard Air Force Base. is situated 3½ km southwest of Bridge of the Americas.

Bridge of the Americas

Latitude
8.94361° or 8° 56′ 37″ north
Longitude
-79.56399° or 79° 33′ 50″ west
Open location code
67W2WCVP+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 745707421
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q216061
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Bridge of the Americas” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ponte de les Amériques”
  • Bashkir: “Ике Америкаға күпер”
  • Breton: “Pont an Amerikoù”
  • Catalan: “Pont de les Amèriques”
  • Chinese: “美洲大桥”
  • Chinese: “美洲大橋”
  • Czech: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Danish: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pırdo Amerika”
  • Dutch: “Bridge of the Americas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى الامريكتين”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Amerikoj”
  • Finnish: “Amerikoiden silta”
  • French: “Pont des Ameriques”
  • French: “pont des Amériques”
  • French: “Pont des Amériques”
  • Galician: “Ponte das Américas”
  • German: “Bridge of the Americas”
  • German: “Brücke der Amerikas”
  • German: “Puente de las Americas”
  • German: “Puente de las Américas”
  • German: “Thatcher Ferry Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר האמריקות”
  • Hungarian: “Amerikák hídja”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Amerika”
  • Irish: “Droichead Mheiriceánna”
  • Irish: “Droichead na Meiriceáí”
  • Italian: “Ponte delle Americhe”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ橋”
  • Japanese: “サッチャー・フェリー橋”
  • Korean: “아메리카의 다리”
  • Latin: “Pons Americarum”
  • Latin: “Pons civitatum Americarum”
  • Malay: “Jambatan Benua Amerika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bridge of the Americas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thatcher Ferry Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Polish: “Most Ameryk”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte das Américas”
  • Russian: “Мост двух Америк”
  • Slovak: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Slovenian: “Most Amerik”
  • Slovenian: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Spanish: “Puente de las Americas”
  • Spanish: “puente de las Américas”
  • Spanish: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Swedish: “Amerikabron”
  • Swedish: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Turkish: “Amerika Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Puente de las Américas”
  • Turkish: “Thatcher Feribotu Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст двох Америк”
  • Wu Chinese: “美洲大桥”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bridge of the Americas and Universidad Marítima Internacional de Panamá (UMIP) Edif. 1033.

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