San Juanico Bridge | |
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_2023-11-18.jpg) The bridge in November 2023 | |
| Coordinates | 11°18′10″N 124°58′19″E / 11.30278°N 124.97194°E |
| Carries | 2 lanes of  AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway); pedestrian sidewalks |
| Crosses | San Juanico Strait[1] |
| Locale | Santa Rita, Samar and Tacloban, Leyte[2] |
| Other name(s) | Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway bridge;[3] formerly Marcos Bridge[4] |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch-shaped truss bridge |
| Total length | 2,164 m (7,100 ft) |
| Width | 14 m (46 ft)[5] |
| Longest span | 192 m (630 ft) |
| No. of spans | 43 |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines |
| Construction start | 1969 |
| Construction end | 1973 |
| Construction cost | US$22 million (₱154 million) |
| Opened | 2 July 1973 |
| Location | |
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The San Juanico Bridge[6] (Filipino: Tulay ng San Juanico; Waray: Tulay han San Juanico) is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines.[2] Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design. Constructed during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos through Japanese Official Development Assistance loans,[7] it has a total length of 2.16 kilometers (1.34 mi)—the third longest bridge spanning a body of seawater in the Philippines after the Panguil Bay Bridge. It was also the longest bridge in the Philippines upon its opening in 1973, surpassed in 1976 by Candaba Viaduct of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), another bridge that connects from one province to another, connecting the provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan.[8][9]
The bridge has helped bolstered economic activity in Samar and Leyte and has become an iconic tourist attraction.
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- ^ "ASEAN Dialogues: Former Philippines Premier Virata Looks Back on Decades of Working with Japan". Japan International Cooperation Agency. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
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symbolwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Detailed Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Meniano, Sarwell (27 July 2019). "Gov't Breaks Ground for San Juanico Bridge Lighting Project". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Fifty Years of Japan ODA: A Critical Review for ODA Reform: Reality of Aid Asia-Pacific 2005 Report (Report). Manila: IBON Books. 2005. ISBN 971-0325-52-3.
- ^ Sabornido, Lyza R. (17 September 2014). "10 Facts You Should Know about San Juanico Bridge in Samar and Leyte". FAQ.ph. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Guia, Jhaypee (13 July 2012). "Go Across the San Juanico Bridge". Vigattin Tourism. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014.