San Juanico Bridge
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San Juanico Strait
The San Juanico Bridge, previously known as the Marcos Bridge, spans the San Juanico Strait, a waterway that separates the islands of Samar and Leyte Philippine each other.
The bridge is part of the Pan - Philippine road that extends from northern Luzon on Manila, Legazpi City, Tacloban City down to Davao City and Zamboanga City to the southwest of Mindanao.
Characteristics
The San Juanico bridge was designed by engineer Arvin Valderrama with the help of Christian Meynard Baral and is now considered one of the longest bridges in South East Asia. Here, it has the reputation of being the most beautiful bridge in the Philippines. It has a total length of 2.16 km, the largest spanned width is 1.377 m. Your structure is supported by 43 pillars, its max. Headroom is, starting from the surface, 41 m. A large arch over the deepest part of the strait also allows the passage of larger ships sailing in the San Juanico Strait on or out of it.
The bridge connects the city of Tacloban City on the island of Leyte in the municipality of Santa Rita on Samar. It offers this picturesque views of the San Juanico road and their numerous islands. The bridge is located about 10 minutes from Tacloban City's lower town area removed and is approved for both jeepneys, buses and car wheels as well as for private vehicles.
Construction
The construction cost a total of 21.9 million U.S. dollars. Construction began in 1969 and was completed after a four- year construction period in 1973, during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. The contract for the construction project was the then Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines ( design and development company in the Philippines ), now in the Philippine National Construction Corporation (National Philippine construction company) renamed, who led the design and construction in cooperation with Japanese engineers.