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Bridge Attractions In Visayas

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The Visayas , or the Visayan Islands , is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, it consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are also considered the northeast extremity of the entire Sulu Sea. Its inhabitants are predominantly the Visayan peoples. The major islands of the Visayas are Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar. The region may also include the provinces of Masbate, Romblon and Palawan, whose populations identify as Visayan and whose languages are more closely related to other Visay...
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Bridge Attractions In Visayas

  • 1. San Juanico Bridge Tacloban
    San Juanico Bridge is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. 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 Marcos administration using Japanese Official Development Assistance loans, it has a total length of 2.16 kilometers - the longest bridge spanning a body of seawater in the Philippines. Touted as President Ferdinand Marcos' birthday gift to his wife Imelda, it was one of the high-visibility foreign-loan projects initiated by Marcos during the run-up to the 1969 Presidential election campaign. Completed four years later, it was inaugurated on July 2, 1973 - Imelda Marcos' birthday. Upon its complet...
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  • 4. Marcelo Fernan Bridge Cebu City
    Marcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It spans across Mactan Channel connecting Mandaue City to Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan Island. Before it was named the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, it was called the Consolacion Bridge , named after the Municipality of Consolacion, which is 1.6 miles from the north end of the bridge.
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  • 7. Agas-Agas Bridge Sogod
    The Agas-Agas Bridge is a prestressed concrete beam bridge on the Pan-Philippine Highway. The ₱1.024-billion bridge was funded partially by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. With a length of about 350 meters and a height of 292 feet above ground, the center span of the structure measures 177 meters in length supported by two piers measuring 241 foot and 246 foot from the ground.The mountainous Agas-Agas section of the Pan-Philippine Highway in Southern Leyte is prone to landslides during heavy rains, much more when a typhoon strikes the province. The bridge was constructed in 2006 to avoid the troublesome section and cut down the driving time for motorists.Seeing its high tourism potential the Department of Public Works and Highways submitted to President Gloria Arroyo the plan...
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