2.3 Panama Road Network | Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments

Distance Matrix
Time Matrix
Road Security
Weighbridges and Axle Load Limits
Class and Road Surface Class and Conditions

The Panamanian Government, through the Ministry of Public Works, created a five-year-Plan for 2019-2024, which considers main investment projects to improve Panama’s road network. The five-year plan includes the Get-to-Work project, as well as inspection, construction, and maintenance projects on a nationwide level.

The Get-to-Work project consists in the rehabilitation and maintenance of streets, roads, as well as production routes. Priority is given to the contracting of national companies; increasing the participation of local labor and companies and hence the reactivation of the internal economy.

Currently the road network displays challenges such as weight restrictions through the Bridge of the Americas, where cargo movements are deviated towards the Centennial Bridge, as well as lane reversals on the Pan-American Highway during morning and afternoon hours from Monday to Friday, to support the mobilization of the population that resides at the west side of the Panama Canal.

For more information on government contact details, please see the following link: 4.1 Government Contact List.

Distance Matrix

Distance from Panama City (Capital) to Major Towns in the country (km)
	Panama	Colon	Yaviza	Chorrera	Penonome	Las Tablas	Chitre	Santiago	David
Panama		74.5	282.4	38.8	155.8	283.9	253.3	251.8	445.3
Colon	73.2		343	89.5	206.5	334.6	304	302.4	496
Yaviza	282.4	342.2		320.4	437.4	565.6	534.9	533.4	727
La Chorrera	48.8	89.2	320.		121.1	249.3	218.6	217.1	410.6
Penonome	156	207.8	438.8	120.3		136.8	106.2	104.7	298.2
Las Tablas	283.9	335.7	566.6	248.2	137.2		32.8	103.8	297.4
Chitre	252.8	304.6	535.5	217.1	106.1	31.4		72.7	266.3
Santiago	251.7	303.5	534.4	216	105	103.4	72.7		197.2
David	444.3	496.1	727.1	408.6	297.6	296	265.4	196.4

Source: Information extracted on the 6 March, 2020 at 09:00 a.m., from Google Maps

Time Matrix

Travel time from Panama City (Capital) to Major Towns in the country (hr)
	Panama	Colon	Yaviza	La Chorrera	Penonome	Las Tablas	Chitre	Santiago	David
Panama		1 h 8 min	4 h 13 min	45 min	2 h 27 min	4 h 2 min	3 h 30 min	3 h 32 min	5 h 53 min
Colón	1 h 7 min		5 h 1 min	1 h 15 min	2 h 57 min	4 h 33 min	4 h 1 min	4 h 3 min	6 h 23 min
Yaviza	4 h 24 min	5 h		4 h 48 min	6 h 34 min	8 h 15 min	7 h 39 min	7 h 42 min	10 h 7 min
La Chorrera	57 min	1 h 24 min	4 h 53 min		1 h 50 min	3 h 25 min	2 h 54 min	2 h 57 min	5 h 18 min
Penonome	2 h 32 min	2 h 55 min	6 h 28 min	1 h 57 min		2 h 1 min	1 h 29 min	1 h 32 min	3 h 52 min
Las Tablas	4 h 6 min	4 h 32 min	8 h 2 min	3 h 35 min	2 h 3 min		36 min	1 h 34 min	3 h 55 min
Chitre	3 h 36 min	4 h 1 min	7 h 28 min	3 h 4 min	1 h 32 min	33 min		1 h 2 min	3 h 23 min
Santiago	3 h 36 min	4 h 1 min	7 h 28 min	3 h 4 min	1 h 31 min	1 h 31 min	1 h 1 min		2 h 31 min
David	5 h 59 min	6 h 21 min	9 h 54 min	5 h 24 min	3 h 55 min	3 h 56 min	3 h 25 min	2 h 32 min

Source: Information extracted on the 6 March, 2020 at 09:00 a.m., from Google Maps

Road Security

There hasn’t been any road safety problems, at least not for cargo transport.

Weighbridges and Axle Load Limits

Currently weight and dimensions are regulated by Law 10 of 1989, of the Republic of Panama.

Axle Load Limits	LCA Country Panama	Transit Country Costa Rica
Truck with 2 Axles	14 tons	N/A
Truck with 3 Axles	21.9 tons	N/A
Truck with 4 Axles	27.5 tons	N/A
Semi-trailer with 3 Axles	25.5 tons	N/A
Semi-trailer with 4 Axles	31.9 tons	N/A
Semi-trailer with 5 Axles	37.5 tons	N/A
Semi-trailer with 6 Axles	43.9 tons	N/A
Truck & Drawbar Trailer with 4 Axles	30 tons	N/A
Truck & Drawbar Trailer with 5 Axles	36.5 tons	N/A
Truck & Drawbar Trailer with 6 Axles	44.4 tons	N/A
Truck & Drawbar Trailer with 7 Axles	N/A	N/A

Class and Road Surface Class and Conditions

N/A