Bridge of the Americas
Sverdrup & Parcel · Panama City, Panama · 1962
The Bridge of the Americas carries the Pan-American Highway across the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. Its steel through-arch span creates a powerful infrastructural gateway where continental road traffic passes above one of the world’s most important shipping corridors. Completed in 1962, the bridge replaced ferry dependence and became a symbol of physical continuity between the two sides of Panama. Architecturally, its interest lies in the clarity of the structural system and its exceptional relationship to the canal landscape.