THE BATAAN – CAVITE Interlink Bridge, which is projected to be the longest bridge in the country once completed, is expected to be finished by 2030.
According to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan, the mega bridge is part of the infrastructure development program of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. It is budgeted P 175.7 billion and spans 32.15 kilometers long.
In a statement, Bonoan disclosed that once the bridge is done, it will cut down travel time from Mariveles to Naic from 5.5 hours to just 45 minutes.
LONGEST BRIDGE
On its completion, it will be next to the 36-kilometer Manchac Swamp Bridge in Louisiana in the United States which is the No. 10 longest bay bridge in the world.
“The bridge will actually be longer than the 8.9-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Bridge and the 2.1-kilometer San Juanico Bridge. I was informed that the timeframe for completion of this major bridge project will be sometime 2030 or so,” Bonoan pointed out during a Senate hearing tackling the DPWH project when asked about it by his predecessor and now senator Mark Villar.
The bridge project is funded by the Asian Development Bank with co-financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. It starts from Barangay Alas-asin in Mariveles, Bataan, crosses Manila Bay and ends at Barangay Timalan in Naic, Cavite.
Bonoan also noted as he affirmed that the bridge’s detailed engineering design has already been completed.
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