This colossal feat of engineering, completed in 1914, provides a way through the 50-mile- (80-km-) wide Central American isthmus.
It enables access from the Atlantic to the Pacific within hours, and accounts for 5 percent of the world’s trade.
This colossal feat of engineering, completed in 1914, provides a way through the 50-mile- (80-km-) wide Central American isthmus.
It enables access from the Atlantic to the Pacific within hours, and accounts for 5 percent of the world’s trade.