Panama's Centennial Bridge is a major bridge crossing the Panama Canal. It was built to supplement the overcrowded Bridge of the Americas and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway.
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The Centennial Bridge, under construction, dwarfs the sailboat passing beneath it, whose mast is approximately 17 metres (56 feet) high. The pylon under construction is to be 184 metres (604 ft).
Southbound on the Panama Canal approaching the Centennial Bridge
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A cable-stayed bridge is a type of bridge that has one or more towers, from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature is the presence of cables or stays, which run directly from the
Centennial Bridge, Panama
…to the Centennial Bridge collapsed in December 2010, following heavy rain and flooding. In November 2011 full traffic was restored. The bridge is a cable-stayed design with a total span of 1,052 m (3,451 ft). The main span is 420 m (1,380 ft) and clears the canal by 80 m (260 ft), allowing large vessels to pass…
The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province, China has a main span of 1,176 metres (3,858 ft), the world's longest cable-stayed bridge span as of 2026.
Øresund Bridge from Malmö to Copenhagen in Sweden and Denmark
Chain-stayed bridge by the Renaissance polymath Fausto Veranzio, from 1595/1616. Prior to industrial manufacture of heavy wire rope (steel cable), suspended or stayed bridges were firstly constructed with linked rods (chain).
Abdoun Bridge, Amman, Jordan, example of an extradosed bridge