The Department of Public Works and Highway said over the weekend the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge Project is expected to open to vehicular traffic by the Holy Week.
Public Works Undersecretary and Build, Build, Build chief implementer Emil Sadain said the 680-meter bridge across Pasig River is now 90-percent completed.
“You can walk over the bridge, but still closed with ongoing construction of ramps on Binondo and Intramuros side,” Sadain said.
Public Works Secretary Roger Mercado said he is extremely excited for the opening of the iconic basket-handle tied steel arch bridge that is expected to cut travel time between the districts of Binondo and Intramuros.
The newest bridge in Manila which will benefit about 30,000 vehicles daily gives extra space for pedestrians and dedicated lane for bikers for improved safety and ease of traffic flow.
The DPWH said equipment and crews are in the process of constructing access ramps made of prefabricated components from Shanghai, China at the Binondo side with an up-ramp located at Muelle dela Industria St, and down-ramps at Rentas St. and Plaza del Conde St.
Construction of ramps at Intramuros side is ongoing with up-ramp at Riverside Drive and down-ramp at Solana St.
The P3.39-billion project is financed by a grant from China.
“We are grateful to the men and women who worked so hard to build this bridge and thank the government of China and its contractor China Road and Bridge Corp. for their commitment to this project,” Sadain said.
The bridge is one of the flagship infrastructure projects of DPWH.
