Marcelo Fernan Bridge

Marcelo Fernan Bridge
The bridge in 2012
Coordinates10°19′35.6″N 123°57′59.4″E / 10.326556°N 123.966500°E / 10.326556; 123.966500
Carries4 lanes of N841; pedestrian sidewalks
CrossesMactan Channel
LocaleMetro Cebu
Other name(s)Second Cebu-Mactan Bridge (locally known)
Consolacion Bridge (formerly)
Named forMarcelo Fernan
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways
Characteristics
DesignCable-stayed bridge
Total length1,230.2 m (4,036 ft)[1]
Longest span185 m (607 ft)
History
Construction start1996
Construction end1999
OpenedAugust 3, 1999[2]
Location
Map
Marcelo Fernan Bridge over the Mactan Channel, viewed from the Mactan–Mandaue Bridge.

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).

  1. ^ "List of National Bridge with length, type and condition per District Engineering Office as of 27 December 2019 - Cebu 6th District". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Marcelo Fernan Bridge repair to start Monday". The Freeman. Retrieved 2018-12-01.