Marcelo Fernan Bridge

The Marcelo Fernan Bridge, also known as the Second Cebu–Mactan Bridge and locally as the Second Bridge, is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It crosses the Mactan Channel, connecting Mandaue in mainland Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan Island. It is currently the second-longest cable-stayed bridge in the Philippines after the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, which also crosses the Mactan Channel. Before it was named the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, it was called the Consolacion Bridge, owing to its proximity to the municipality of Consolacion, which is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from its north end. It is one of three bridges crossing the Mactan Channel, the others being the Sergio Osmeña Jr. Bridge and the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway.

History

The bridge was opened in August 1999 to decongest the traffic from the older Sergio Osmeña Jr. Bridge, which opened in 1973. The bridge has a total length of with a centre span of and was inaugurated by Philippine President Joseph Estrada on August 3, 1999 as the Second Mactan–Mandaue Bridge. After its completion, the bridge had one of the widest and longest bridge spans in the Philippines. The bridge was constructed with the help of the Japanese government. On June 27, 2000, the bridge was renamed as the Marcelo Fernan Bridge through Republic Act 8795, after former Chief Justice and Senate President Marcelo Fernan, who died a month before the bridge's opening. ==Additional information==

Additional information

On the Mactan Island side of the bridge, there is a park called the Millennium Park at the base of the bridge's piers, and the Filipino Seafarers Memorial is located in that park. Also, the bridge has two pedestrian walkways, one each on the north and south sides. On the Cebu Island side of the bridge, there is Mandaue, where the bridge can be accessed via United Nations Avenue. The Mactan side of the bridge, which is in Lapu-Lapu City, can be accessed via Old Patiller Road, a spur road of the Manuel L. Quezon National Highway. The bridge also sits astride the northern end of the Mactan Channel, a gateway to the Cebu International Port managed by the Cebu Port Authority, where about 80% of domestic and international shipping operators and shipbuilders in the Philippines are located. The Sergio Osmeña Bridge is about south of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge. == See also ==

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