Port authorities and transportation departments all over the country are complete with or in the process of upgrading their bridges to be able to accommodate the larger post-Panamax ships designed for the new $5.4 billion Panama Canal expansion.
Some ports are ready, but, for example, those in Charleston, SC, and Savannah, GA, are not. The Bayonne Bridge upgrade project is also behind schedule, which means large ships cannot currently access three of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s largest port terminals.
