Puente Colgante (Manila)

Puente Colgante
Puente de Clavería as seen on October 1, 1875
Coordinates	14°35′43.8″N 120°58′55.5″E / 14.595500°N 120.982083°E / 14.595500; 120.982083
Carries	Pedestrians and carriages
Crosses	Pasig River
Locale	Manila
Other name(s)	Clavería Bridge (before 1930s)
Named for	Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila
Owner	Ynchausti y Compañia City of Manila
Preceded by	Puente de Convalecencia (1880)
Followed by	Puente Grande (1852) Puente de España (1875) Jones Bridge (1916)
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Material	Iron structure, wooden deck
Total length	110 m (360 ft)
Width	7 m (23 ft)
No. of spans	One
Piers in water	None
History
Designer	Matia, Menchacatorre y Cía.
Constructed by	Ynchausti y Compañia
Construction start	1849
Construction end	1852
Opened	January 4, 1852
Replaced by	Quezon Bridge (1939)
Location

The Puente Colgante (lit. 'Hanging Bridge'), originally called Puente de Clavería (lit. 'Clavería Bridge'), was a suspension bridge that connected the Manila districts of Quiapo and Ermita across the Pasig River in the Philippines. Designed by Matia, Menchacatorre and Cía. and completed in 1852, it was the first modern wire-cable suspension bridge in Asia and the first toll bridge of its kind in the Philippines.^[1] It was replaced by the Quezon Bridge in 1939.