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Bridge of the Americas

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The Bridge of the Americas (Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. [1]

26 relations: Americas, Atlantic Bridge, Panama, Balboa, Panama, Cantilever bridge, Centennial Bridge, Panama, Chiriquí Province, Colón, Panama, Ernesto de la Guardia, George Ball (diplomat), Maurice Thatcher, National Assembly (Panama), Pacific Ocean, Pan-American Highway, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama Canal expansion project, Panama City, Postage stamp, Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone, Remon-Eisenhower Treaty, Steel, Sverdrup & Parcel, Through arch bridge, Tied-arch bridge, United States, United States dollar.

Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Atlantic Bridge, Panama

The third bridge over the Panama Canal, known as the Atlantic Bridge, is a road bridge under construction in Colón, Panama, which will span the Atlantic entrance to the Canal.

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Balboa, Panama

Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.

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Cantilever bridge

A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end.

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Centennial Bridge, Panama

Panama's Centennial Bridge (Puente Centenario) is a major bridge crossing the Panama Canal.

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Chiriquí Province

Chiriquí is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most-developed province in the country, after the Panamá Province.

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Colón, Panama

Colón is a Panamanian city and sea port beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.

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Ernesto de la Guardia

Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro (May 30, 1904 in Panama City, Panama – May 2, 1983 in Panama City) was president of Panama from October 1, 1956 to October 1, 1960.

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George Ball (diplomat)

George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker.

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Maurice Thatcher

Maurice Hudson Thatcher (August 15, 1870January 6, 1973) was a U.S. Congressman.

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National Assembly (Panama)

The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional), formerly the Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa), is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Panama.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about in total length.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Panama Canal expansion project

The Panama Canal expansion project (ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass.

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Panama City

Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá) is the capital and largest city of Panama.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage.

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone

Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone is a subject that covers the postal system, postage stamps used and mail sent to and from the Panama Canal Zone from 1904 up until October 1978, after the United States relinquished its authority of the Zone in compliance with the treaty it reached with Panama.

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Remon-Eisenhower Treaty

The Remon-Eisenhower Treaty, was a 1955 treaty between the United States and Panama that updated and amended the original Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 for the Panama Canal and Panama Canal Zone.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Sverdrup & Parcel

Sverdrup & Parcel was an American civil engineering company formed in 1928 by Leif J. Sverdrup and his college engineering professor John I. Parcel.

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Through arch bridge

A through arch bridge, also known as a half-through arch bridge or a through-type arch bridge, is a bridge that is made from materials such as steel or reinforced concrete, in which the base of an arch structure is below the deck but the top rises above it.

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Tied-arch bridge

A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch(es) are borne as tension by a chord tying both arch ends, rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Bridge of the americas, Puente de las Americas, Puente de las Américas, Thatcher Ferry Bridge.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Americas

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