Panama Canal Mixshield undercrossing
Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Panama City, Panama
Source: Geomechanics.io
A 13.46m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM has broken through into the future Balboa station on Panama Metro Line 3 after completing the first-ever TBM undercrossing of the Panama Canal at depths exceeding 60m below sea level. The machine is fitted with an accessible cutterhead and more than 4,500 sensors linked via the Herrenknecht.Connected platform. It has achieved peak advance of 150 segment
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Water Supply and Storage, Mass Transit, Tunnel, Commercial
- Location
- Panama City, Panama
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Geomechanics.io
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Original status | under construction |
Taiyo status | Under Construction |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | A 13.46m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBM has broken through into the future Balboa station on Panama Metro Line 3 after completing the first-ever TBM undercrossing of the Panama Canal at depths exceeding 60m below sea level. The machine is fitted with an accessible cutterhead and more than 4,500 sensors linked via the Herrenknecht.Connected platform. It has 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. |
Original sector | Infrastructure |
Location
Country | Panama |
City | Panama City |
Source
Source | Geomechanics.io |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Water Supply and Storage, Mass Transit, Tunnel, Commercial |
Article published date | 2026-05-08 |
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