The Fourth Bridge over the Panama Canal will relieve the congested traffic of the Panamanian capital.
Summary
Roughan & O’Donovan provided the preliminary bridge design and environmental engineering services for a new, fourth bridge over the Panama canal, including approach viaducts and access roads on the Pacific side.
Highlight
Through close co-operation with our client and joint venture partners, we succeeded in delivering a cost effective, structurally efficient and elegant bridge design.
1.12km
Total cable-stay span length6
No. of lanes for transit vehicles190m
Height of inverted Y-shaped towers
Solution
The 3km long, cable-stayed bridge was designed to connect west Panama with Panama city, increase traffic and freight transport capacity and improve vessel navigability through the canal.
It has a main span of 540m and a clearance of some 80m over the navigation channel of the canal.
It features two inverted Y-shaped towers, three lanes of 3.65 meters in each direction for transit vehicles and two monorail lanes dedicated to a metro line service.
Challenge
Our challenge lay in co-ordinating a multidisciplinary team responsible for:
- Technical analysis of road design
- Environmental design
- Bridge design
- Geotechnical design
- Cost surveying
- Construction programme modelling
Services provided:
- Bridge engineering design
- Road engineering design
- Environmental engineering consultancy
