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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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SAN JUANICO BRIDGE #570111

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 o seawater.

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SAN JUANICO BRIDGE

Samar to Leyte, Philippines

NBS Sn. 8-09305 425P8-143-12

The bridge connecting Samar to Leyte, has a total length of 2.16 km. It is Southeast Asia's longest bridge was completed in 1973 by the Philippine National Construction Corporation in partnership with Japanese engineers.

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The San Francisco - Oakland bay bridge (Bay Bridge)
2 Guinness Book of World Record holder

The Bay Bridge Sets Two World Records!

The Guinness World Records has crowned the new East Span the widest bridge, with a total deck width of 258.33 feet (78.740 m), including 10 lanes of roadway, a 15.5-ft-wide (4.724-m) bike path and a gap where the central tower supports the two bridge deck sections.

The new bridge has also been honored with the title for longest self-anchored suspension span bridge in the world, with a length of 2,047 feet.

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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco - California