The Panama Canal allows for bridging the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, thus avoiding the long southernmost shipping route. But at some point, one needed to reconnect the supercontinent.
The Centennial Bridge was built to supplement the overcrowded Bridge of the Americas, and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway. The entire landmass reachable through such a tiny funnel covers almost exactly the surface of the moon. This scene is merely a pinhole compared to Earth's size, but together, it lies at the center of a cross as large as the planet...
A rainbow looks like a bridge from nowhere to nowhere since its endpoints move as we move. The American eagle uses the atmosphere as a bridge made of air, ships use the canal as a bridge made of water.
And an image stands for a bridge that joins a concept and thousands of words.
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