The Mandaue-Mactan Bridge spanning the Cebu North Channel is an engineering feat in the central Philippines. It is straddling a channel steeped not only in commerce but also in history. The bridge lords over Mactan island and Mandaue City in the mainland – pristine historic places at the start of recorded history of the Philippines. The retrospective viewer on the structure will likely envision that history has already “spanned” these places in indelible accounts about five hundred years ago. It was constructed during the term of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. The construction started in 1970, a year after the declaration of Mandaue as a chartered city. Finished in 1972 at a cost of Php 65 million. The bridge is 846 meters long and 9 meters wide was designed and created wholly by Filipino engineers.
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