San Juanico Bridge – Considered Philippines’ Longest

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SAN JUANICO BRIDGE

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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. With a total length of 2.16 kilometers (1.34 mi), it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a body of seawater, while the Candaba Viaduct (The longest bridge in the Philippines in all category) in Pampanga is under the viaduct category along the North Luzon Expressway – making the San Juanico Bridge the second longest bridge in the Philippines in all category. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juanico_Bridge

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The San Juanico Bridge is known to be the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a body of seawater with the length of 2.162 kilometers (1.34 mi) and width of 10.620 meters supported by 43 spans.

Since its completion in December 1972, the bridge has greatly helped the economy not only of both provinces connected but of the entire country.

The Pan-Philippine Highway was also designated as Asian Highway (AH-26) under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network, a treaty took effect on July 4, 2005 to provide a framework for coordinated development of the international highways in Asia. Have you seen the sign AH-26 along our highway lately? Now you know what it means.

San Juanico strait, which connects the islands of Samar and Leyte, is the narrowest strait in the Philippines with only two kilometers (2,000 meters) wide at its narrowest point. It is also said to be the narrowest in the world. However, Bosphorus strait, a strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia, is less than 800 meters wide at its narrowest point. Read More: http://faq.ph/10-facts-you-should-know-about-san-juanico-bridge-in-samar-and-leyte/

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Going to Leyte or Samar usually would not be complete without the standard photo-stop opportunity in perhaps its single most popular landmark, the San Juanico Bridge. It spans across the San Juanico Strait that separates the islands of Leyte and Samar, and connects the so-called Pan-Philippine Highway. At 2.16 kilometres long, it is the longest bridge in the country that crosses a body of water.

True enough, the views from the bridge are beautiful against the panoramic expanse of the San Juanico Strait, the clear blue skies, and the smooth landscape of both Leyte and Samar, which is dominated by coconut trees. Below, typical fishing activities are alive across the strait’s murky-clear waters. We even saw a family on a picnic and we were warm enough to extend some smiles and waves. Equally captivating is the architecture and design of the bridge. It also gets exciting every time vehicles, especially trucks, pass through since you can feel the bridge trembling, creating the effect of a very mild earthquake. It was also fun to note the probing and curious look of some passersby whenever they see us walking. Read More: https://www.tripzilla.ph/san-juanico-bridge-leyte-samar-philippines/1188

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