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Third Brridge ov
ver the Panama
P
Canal
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Corozal West, Republic
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of Panama
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Location of future
e bridge alignmen
nt.
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O-cell Testting Across
s the Pana
ama Canal
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The Atlantic Bridge over the
e Panama Can
nal will be the third
b
bridge to span
n the canal. Owned by the
t
Panama Canal
C
A
Authority, the bridge
b
will be th
he first bridge built on the Attlantic
S
Side of Panama
a located appro
oximately three
e kilometers no
orth of
th
he Gatun Lock
ks. The bridge
e will have a vertical
v
clearan
nce of
7
75 meters abo
ove the canal allowing
a
Post-Panamax conttainer
sships to pass below.
b
The cen
nter span will be
b 530 meters long,
m
making it the longest concrete
e cable stayed bridge in the world.
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Project Inffo
Owne
er:
Clien
nt:
Prime
e:
Desig
gner:
Proje
ect Cost:
Com pletion Date:
Panama Ca
anal Authority
Puente Atlantico SA (PASA
A)
VINCI Consstruction Grand
ds Projets
HPDI and Louis Berger Grroup
$366,000,00
00
Est. July 2016
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Services Prov
vided
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O-cell test d
design
Assembly and Installattion of O-ce
ells and
Instrumentation and Integrration into Drille
ed Shafts
Sonicaliper profiling
Testing, An
nalysis and R
Reporting of Lo
oad Test
Results
ed to provide full scale te
esting and
Loadtesst was utilize
equipm
ment on six bo
ored piles, thrree on each sside of the
canal. Working on both sides of the canal ma
ade careful
ng and coordination between Loadtest and PASA key
plannin
in mak ing the program a success. Piles ranged from 1500
mm to 2
ameter and de
epths up to 54 m
meters.
2500 mm in dia
ad tests prove d out the designs for constru
uction with
The loa
the larg
gest test providing more tha
an 160 MN in test load.
Instrum
mentation throu
ughout the pile,, including multiple levels
of strai n gages, allow
wed analysis off load transfer tto different
soil strrata layers. W
With the inforrmation deliverred to the
client, rredesigns of th
he bored piles provided savin
ngs of time
and mo
oney to the clie
ent.
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