The Bridge of the Americas near Balboa crosses, for 10 points, what isthmus-traversing waterway that saves ships the treacherous journey around Cape Horn by cutting through Central America?
A $5.25 billion plan to overhaul this structure, championed by Martín Torrijos and approved by a national referendum in 2006, caused Savannah and Charleston to seek federal money for dredging projects. That overhaul began with improvements to this structure's Gaillard Cut, which is crossed by Centennial Bridge and which joins up with the Chagres River. This structure makes use of the Miraflores and (*) Gatun Lakes, and at its northern terminus is the Colón Free Zone, a center for transshipment. The Bridge of the Americas near Balboa crosses, for 10 points, what isthmus-traversing waterway that saves ships the treacherous journey around Cape Horn by cutting through Central America?
A $5.25 billion plan to overhaul this structure, championed by Martín Torrijos and approved by a national referendum in 2006, caused Savannah and Charleston to seek federal money for dredging projects.
{Panama Canal} [or {Canal} de {Panamá}]