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16th December 2004, 12:55
The Magsaysay Bridge in Butuan City will be the longest road span in the world.
This was disclosed by Caraga Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Director Romeo Momo who said construction work is currently on schedule and targeted to be finished by November 2008.
The government is also determined to make the road a "tourist attraction" like the now famous "London Bridge" in Great Britain’s capital.
In a press briefing in Butuan City recently, with officials of Philippine Press Inc. (Phil. Press) and members of the Butuan Press Club Foundation, Inc., Momo said that to-date, construction works of Butuan’s alternate bridge is 17.8 percent complete and expected to be finished ahead of its November 2008 deadline.
Two Japanese construction firms, the Nippon Steel and Towa Construction agreed to work on the ambitious project estimated to cost R2.88 billion backed up by a soft loan agreement from the Japanese government.
The bridge which has a total road span length of 13.21 kilometers will make it the world’s longest road span connecting the bypass roads of the existing Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan City Road and Surigao Butuan Road.
Its roadway width of 11.4 meters is also "the first of its kind in Asia," Momo said.
The longest bridge in the Philippines today is the San Juanico Bridge connecting the islands of Leyte and Samar.
This was disclosed by Caraga Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Director Romeo Momo who said construction work is currently on schedule and targeted to be finished by November 2008.
The government is also determined to make the road a "tourist attraction" like the now famous "London Bridge" in Great Britain’s capital.
In a press briefing in Butuan City recently, with officials of Philippine Press Inc. (Phil. Press) and members of the Butuan Press Club Foundation, Inc., Momo said that to-date, construction works of Butuan’s alternate bridge is 17.8 percent complete and expected to be finished ahead of its November 2008 deadline.
Two Japanese construction firms, the Nippon Steel and Towa Construction agreed to work on the ambitious project estimated to cost R2.88 billion backed up by a soft loan agreement from the Japanese government.
The bridge which has a total road span length of 13.21 kilometers will make it the world’s longest road span connecting the bypass roads of the existing Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan City Road and Surigao Butuan Road.
Its roadway width of 11.4 meters is also "the first of its kind in Asia," Momo said.
The longest bridge in the Philippines today is the San Juanico Bridge connecting the islands of Leyte and Samar.