In the interests of completing this canal, the US and Panama signed a treaty in which Panama agreed to cede a 55-kilometer long, 16-kilometer wide strip of land surrounding the canal to the United States.
為了開通這條運河，巴拿馬與美國簽署了一份合約，同意將這塊沿著運河五十五公里長、十六公里寬的土地割讓給美國。