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title: Atlantic Bridge – Panama
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# Atlantic Bridge – Panama

![Atlantic Bridge – Panama](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pont_panama.jpg)

**Inaugurated on 2nd August 2019, the 3rd Panama Canal Crossing is the longest concrete cable-stayed bridge on the planet.**

The Atlantic Bridge is a link between South America and North America. Its
construction responds to the need to increase connections between the two sides
of the canal, in a zone inhabited by more than 80,000 people, and to allow the
passage of the world’s largest Post-Panamax containerships, now enabled by the
75 metre clearance necessary for commercial shipping.

On this project, SYSTRA IBT, the group’s Global Bridge Centre of Excellence was
responsible for the design of the main bridge and checking of the approach
viaducts, on behalf of the project manager Vinci Construction Grands Projets.

The design is the result of an international collaboration which brought
together our offices in San Diego (United States) and Dubai (United Arab
Emirates). The American team was responsible for the complete re-design of the
cable-stayed bridge and the independent check of the approaches, while the team
in Dubai lead the production of the construction drawings for the deck and the
towers.

The construction of this new 4-lane bridge, over 3 kilometers long from one bank
to the other, took place without interruption of traffic on the Panama Canal,
one of the most strategic shipping routes in the world. To achieve this feat,
innovative erection methods were deployed such as the use of precast and cast
in-situ concrete for the segments of the cable-stayed deck, as well as the
simultaneous erection of the deck and tower.

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