Ships barely fit it.
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Yhe canal isn’t a straight shot trench connecti g the Atlantic to the pacific. It navigates an elecation change going up hill then down hill. To accomplish this a series of locks, giant basins that can be sealed on both sides and then water is flooded into then to raise the water level of the base allowing ships to effectly sail uphill.
You couldn’t just dog out a mile wide trench in pannama, to do so would take decades of labor, and put workers at risk of tropical diseases. It was an engineering marvel back in the early 1900s when it was originally constructed. Plus havi g a super wide canal isn’t really needed. The canal is designed tk handle transportation traffic and it does so effectively. It’s not like there are traffic jams demanding more lanes.
Further engineering is about accomplishing the infrastructure task while minimizing the resources needed to complete the task. Resources, including human capitol are finite, bloated projects that never get completed often are poorly structured, often by design, and waste a lot of money while returning very little bemnifit.
No ship larger than the panama canal dimensions was built for a route that would traverse it.
Small is a relative term. The Panama Canal is one of the biggest engineering feats in history.
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