The Bridges down Panama Canal

When you are at Panama and doing your cruise down the Panama canal, you won’t miss to notice the bridges that connects two main lands of the city. These bridges add to the attractions upon your tour. We’ll give you a rundown of the bridges you will see when you cruise the Panama canal. 

Bridge of the Americas

Rising at a height of 118 meters (354 ft.) and width of 1,669 meters (5,007 ft.), the Bridge of the Americans join the two area masses divided because of the development of The Panama Canal. It was constricted by the United States, at an expense of $20 million dollars, the Bridge of the Americas now structures an essential piece of the Interamerican Highway, associating both North and South America.

While it is presently known to as the Bridge of the Americas, it was initially named after Mr. Maurice H. Thatcher, the one who cut the tape during the inauguration of the bridge. Now, very few if none have been referring to the bridge as its old.

Puente Centenario or The New Millennium Bridge

The Centennial Bridge or Puente Centenario is the second major bridge of the Panama Canal.  It stretches at 15 km (9.3 mi) north of the Bridge of the Americas and crosses the Culebra Cut (Gaillard Cut) near the Pedro Miguel locks. New turnpike segments, associating Arraijan in the west to Cerro Patacon in the east through the scaffold. It is essentially built to limit the congestion of crossers on the Bridge of the Americas.

During the time when this scaffold was opened, 9,500 vehicles crossed the extension every day; now over 35,000 have been crossing the bridge each day, most of them crossing in the rush hour.

So next time you plan to visit Panama or during one of your Panama tours, you will take a look of these bridges and with knowledge in mind of its history. 

Visa and Passport Requirements to Panama

If you are planning to have Panama tours with your family, friends, or just by yourself, aside from the itinerary, you must also know the necessary requirements regarding visa and passport must haves in visiting this beautiful Caribbean nation.

Passport Requirements

To enter Panama, you must have a passport legitimate for at least six months that is needed by all nationalties

Visa Requirements

Extra necessities arise as indicated by nationality and are liable to change. Nationals from specific nations require a tourist card; others require an approved visa and others needn't bother with anything. To know whether you oblige a visa relying upon your nationality please bear on perusing or click here. You are prescribed to check with a Panamanian Consulate, Embassy or ticketing executors for aerial transports that travel to Panama to acquire the most upgraded and correct data. 

In practice, the ticket prerequisite is primarily for the individuals who enter Panama by transport or by vessel however, here and there they do check at the air terminal. 

On the off chance that you are flying into Panama the most likely situation is that you won't be asked to demonstrate a return ticket and on the off chance that you are, make certain to in any event have a return ticket legitimate inside 1 year of entering the nation. In the event that you want to be in Panama for more than 180 days, then it is likely that you will be seeking some kind of visa in the wake of entering the nation and the powers may have a couple of inquiries regarding your plans. For this situation you ought to have the capacity to clarify your arrangements and afterward permitted to enter the nation after effectively educating the powers about what you need to do. 

On the off chance that you enter Panama by transport or by watercraft you will need to buy a return ticket via land or by water in light of the fact that the powers may request it and on the off chance that you don't have it you will run into unnecessary inconvenience and you will wind up purchasing it anyways. 

On the off chance that you hope to leave the nation in an alternate manner then the way that you want to enter Panama regardless you don't have that return ticket, then our recommendation is that you buy any return ticket. For instance, in the event that you enter Panama through Costa Rica by transport, yet want to leave via plane regardless you have not purchased that ticket, then simply purchase the shabby transport ticket: it will just cost you $10 and you will maintain a strategic distance from any unpleasant circumstance.