Steel arches
Over the canal.
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A huge arched steel bridge spanning the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, completed in 1962 at a cost of twenty million dollars, for decades the only fixed link between the two halves of the Americas across the canal, carrying the Pan-American Highway that runs from Alaska to Patagonia. The bridge rises high above the water so the biggest ships entering and leaving the canal pass beneath, and its green steel arches can be seen from almost everywhere on the bay: from the Amador Causeway, Casco Viejo and the Plaza de Francia promenade. The finest way to see it is from the water on the ferry to Taboga, which passes beneath it, or from roadside lookouts on the canal's west bank, where it appears with the ships lined up. At sunset the sky glows behind its arches. Walking on the bridge is not allowed, so enjoy it from the lookouts or the water.
Over the canal.
Passes beneath.
Behind the bridge.
Over the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, west of the city
No, walking is not allowed; it is best seen from the Taboga ferry or from Amador and Casco Viejo.