(prensa.com) The Ministry of Public Works has announced the schedule for the Centenario Bridge during Carnival, which will be held from March 4 to 9.
The bridge will be open for traffic heading into the city from 5 to 9 a.m. on Friday, and then for drivers heading out of the city from 4 p.m. to midnight.
On Saturday, the morning hours will remain the same, but the bridge will be open to traffic heading to the interior starting at noon. The bridge will be closed all day Sunday, but will reopen March 7 for traffic heading to Panama City from 5 to 9 a.m. It will then be open for traffic heading to the interior from 4 to 9 p.m.
On March 8 and March 9, the bridge will be open only for traffic heading into the city. The hours on March 8 will be from noon until midnight, and from 5 a.m. until midnight the next day.
Because of the large volume of traffic during Carnival, work has been suspended on the highway between La Chorrera and the Bridge of the Americas.