Marcelo Fernan Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 10°19′35.6″N 123°57′59.4″E / 10.326556°N 123.966500°E |
Carries | 4 lanes of N841; pedestrian sidewalks |
Crosses | Mactan Channel |
Locale | Metro Cebu |
Other name(s) | Second Cebu-Mactan Bridge (locally known) Consolacion Bridge (formerly) |
Named for | Marcelo Fernan |
Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
Total length | 1,230.2 m (4,036 ft)[1] |
Longest span | 185 m (607 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | 1996 |
Construction end | 1999 |
Opened | August 3, 1999[2] |
Location | |
The Marcelo Fernan Bridge, also known as the Second Cebu–Mactan Bridge and locally as the Second Bridge, is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It crosses the Mactan Channel, connecting Mandaue in mainland Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan Island. It is currently the second-longest cable-stayed bridge in the Philippines after the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, which also crosses the Mactan Channel. Before it was named the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, it was called the Consolacion Bridge, owing to its proximity to the municipality of Consolacion, which is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from its north end. It is one of three bridges crossing the Mactan Channel, the others being the Mactan–Mandaue Bridge (opened in 1973) and the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (opened in 2022).