Impossible Engineering S3E2: Panama Canal Overhaul
- Aired: 2017-04-06
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
The Panama Canal Expansion Project was one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the world. It doubled the capacity of the canal adding a new lane of traffic with a third set of locks. It cost over $5 billion moving millions of cubic tons of earth and rock to ultimately accommodate the biggest ships in the world. Commercial operation began of June 26, 2016.