Buntun Bridge
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Buntun Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 17°36′49″N 121°41′29″E |
Carries | 2 lanes of N51 (Santiago–Tuguegarao Road); pedestrian sidewalks |
Crosses | Cagayan River |
Locale | Tuguegarao City, Cagayan (North) Solana, Cagayan (South) |
Official name | Buntun Bridge |
Other name(s) | Talletay ta Buntun |
Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways – Cagayan 3rd District Engineering Office |
Characteristics | |
Design | Steel truss bridge[1] |
Material | Steel, Concrete, Asphalt |
Total length | 1,369 m (4,491 ft)[lower-alpha 1] |
Width | 9.60 m (31 ft)[2] |
Height | 37 m (121 ft) |
No. of spans | 14 |
Load limit | 18 t (18,000 kg) |
Clearance above | 6 m (20 ft) |
History | |
Constructed by | Philippine National Construction Corporation |
Construction start | December 11, 1960[1] |
Construction end | May 10, 1969 |
Opened | June 1, 1969 |
Statistics | |
Toll | No |
Location | |
Buntun Bridge (Itawit: Talletay ta Buntun; Ilocano: Rangtáy ti Buntun; Filipino: Tulay ng Buntun) is a river bridge that stretches from Tuguegarao City to Solana in Cagayan and spans the Cagayan River, the largest river basin in the Philippines.[3] It forms part of the Santiago–Tuguegarao Road (designated as N51 by the Department of Public Works and Highways highway routing system), a major junction of the Pan-Philippine Highway. It was the longest bridge in the Philippines upon its opening in 1969, surpassed in 1973 by the San Juanico Bridge.
A popular belief is that the bridge is long enough for a person to recite the entire Philippine National Anthem while traversing.[4]