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The William A. Jones Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Jones Bridge, is an arched girder bridge that spans the Pasig River in Manila, Philippines.It is named after the United States legislator William Atkinson Jones, who served as the chairman of the U.S. Insular Affairs House Committee, which had previously exercised jurisdiction over the Philippines and was the principal author of the ...
Kalilayan Bridge Padre Burgos–Agdangan National Road Kalilayan River in Unisan, Quezon: Calabarzon: 198 [89] 1984 [53] Lisap Bridge Francis Coronel Road Bongabong River in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro: Mimaropa: 365 [90] 2018 [90] Old Lucban Bridge AH 26 (N1) (Manila North Road) Lucban River in Abulug, Cagayan: Cagayan Valley: 826.90 [91] 1968 ...
The Binondo–Intramuros Bridge is a tied-arch bridge in Manila, Philippines, spanning the Pasig River. It connects Muelle de Binondo in Binondo and San Nicolas to Solana Street and Riverside Drive in Intramuros. [4] The bridge has four lanes and exhibits a steel bowstring arch design with inclined arches. [5] It is 680 meters (2,230 ft) long. [6]
Through the Ministry of Public Highways, the Philippine government contracted the San Juanico Bridge project to the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines (CDCP; now the Philippine National Construction Corporation), [11] a company founded by close Marcos associate Rodolfo Cuenca. [12] [13]
The Forbes Bridge is an arched girder bridge that spans the Iloilo River in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was constructed in 1909 to replace the wooden Jaro Bridge, which had been built in 1875. The bridge served as a vital link between the districts of La Paz and Iloilo City Proper. [2] It is claimed to be the oldest concrete bridge in the ...
The bridge will have clearances below of 40.5 m (133 ft) (North Channel Bridge) and 72.3 m (237 ft) (South Channel Bridge) to allow large ships to pass under it since Manila Bay is a major shipping route accommodated by the Port of Manila. A shorter Nearshore Navigation Bridge (main span of 150 meters) located on the southern segment of the ...
There were several proposals to build bridges linking the islands in Visayas. In 1999, the Japan International Cooperation Agency created a master plan for two bridges connecting Panay, Guimaras, and Negros; the first bridge, spanning 20.6 kilometers (12.8 mi), was planned to link Leganes, Iloilo to Buenavista, Guimaras, while the second bridge also measuring 20.6 kilometers (12.8 mi) was ...
The Estrella–Pantaleon Bridge, also known as the Rockwell Bridge, is a four-lane box girder bridge crossing the Pasig River in Metro Manila, Philippines.It connects Estrella Street in Makati on the south bank of the Pasig River (near the Rockwell Center) to Pantaleon Street via Barangka Drive in Mandaluyong on the north bank, near the site of the Acqua Private Residences.