Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit... Wikipedia

• Length:  82 km (50.95 mi)
• Maximum boat length:  366 m
• Maximum boat beam:  49 m
• Locks:  3 locks up, 3 down per transit, all three lanes, (3 lanes of locks)
• Status:  Opened in 1914, expansion opened 26 June 2016
• Principal engineer:  Ferdinand de Lesseps (1881-1889), John Findley Wallace (1904–1905), John Frank Stevens (1905–1907), George Washington Goethals (1907–1914)
• Start point:  Atlantic Ocean
• End point:  Pacific Ocean
• Connects to:  Pacific Ocean from Atlantic Ocean and vice versa