Monday, July 25, 2016

PHILIPPINE POSTCARDS COLLECTION

SAN JUANICO BRIDGE - #570111
Samar and Leyte

SAN JUANICO BRIDGE is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte acroos the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines.  Construction  commenced in 1969 over San Juanico Strait from Cabalawan, Tacloban City to the municipality of Santa Rita, Samar, with completion in 1973.  Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrte piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.  With a total length of 2.16 km. it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a body of seawater.

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