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Panama Canal Mixshield Undercrossing for Panama Metro Line 3

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Panama City, Panama

Source: Geomechanics.io

Project
Under Construction

A 13.46m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM has completed the first-ever TBM undercrossing of the Panama Canal at depths exceeding 60m below sea level, breaking through into the future Balboa station on Panama Metro Line 3. The 5,600kW, 26,616kNm machine is fitted with an accessible cutterhead and over 4,500 sensors linked via the Herrenknecht.Connected platform. The TBM achieved peak advance of

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Water Supply and Storage, Tunnel, Mass Transit
Location
Panama City, Panama
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Geomechanics.io

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The project “Panama Canal Mixshield Undercrossing for Panama Metro Line 3” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Panama City, Panama. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Geomechanics.io.

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2026-07-22

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A 13.46m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM has completed the first-ever TBM undercrossing of the Panama Canal at depths exceeding 60m below sea level, breaking through into the future Balboa station on Panama Metro Line 3. The 5,600kW, 26,616kNm machine is fitted with an accessible cutterhead and over 4,500 sensors linked via the Herrenknecht.Connected platform. The TBM achieved peak advance of 150 segment rings (about 300m) per month through mixed sandstone, tuff, breccias and basalt. Around 1.5km of the 4.5km twin-track tunnel remains to final breakthrough.

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Panama

City

Panama City

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Geomechanics.io

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Water Supply and Storage, Tunnel, Mass Transit

Article published date

2026-07-20

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