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s0000448 |
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05/11/99 |
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16/02/04 |
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Bridge of the Americas |
| Puente de las Américas, Thatcher Ferry Bridge |
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Built:
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1959
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Location: |
Balboa, Panamá, Panama
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Crosses: |
Panama Canal
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| Part of: |
Panama Canal
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| Description | Value |
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steel
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total length |
1655 m | | |
clearance |
61.3 - 106 m |
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| 12 October 1959
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| Construction begins. |
| 1998
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| Lane expansion |
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Graf, Bernhard Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 98-99.
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Graf, Bernhard Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 98-99.
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Ladret, Patrick Hanging balance, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2009, n. 57 .
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