Panama Canal Authority awards contract for new bridge

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Panama Canal Authority said it has awarded a contract to Vinci Construction Grands Projets of France to build a new bridge on the Atlantic side of the canal. Vinci's bid of about $366 million was the lowest of three submitted. The authority said the bridge design is inspired by similar ones in Spain, Korea, France, China and Japan. The double-plane, twin pylon, cable-stayed bridge will feature two lanes of traffic in each direction. Its length will ...

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