Makeshift bridge/Sunday Bridges

A makeshift bridge at a beach resort crossing a small creek that leads to a mangrove.  Various vehicles crossed this bridge---a motorbike, a tricycle, a pick-up truck, and a carabao-driven carriage.

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Sunday Bridges/Rural bridge

A tiny wooden bridge in Busuanga Island I spotted on the way to the airport.  Took this photo from the back of the moving van.

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Sunday Bridges/Trece Martires bridge

I miss participating in Louis' Sunday Bridges and visiting beautiful bridges around the world.  Well, here's my contribution today---a steel truss bridge in Trece Martires City, the capital of Cavite province, about 42 kilometers south of Manila.  Drove across this bridge a day after Christmas to visit a friend in Trece Martires City.  Had to park on the side of the highway to take this photo.:p

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Manapla bridge

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It's been a while since I participated in Sunday Bridges.  Now I'm back!  I was with my cousins in Manapla a few weeks ago.  My cousin had some business here, and the meeting place was at the banks of this river.:p  I have no idea what this river is called---people were swimming and doing their laundry.  The bridge looks frail but in a couple of hours that we were by the banks of the river, there were trucks, motorbikes, tricycles and even a horse that passed through it.  I hope the next storm wouldn't destroy this bridge.

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This is the river down-stream...

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Old and new [Sunday Bridges]

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Two-in-one drive-by shot during our road trip more than two weeks ago--a new bridge and an old one still standing.  Again, I don't have a clue what this river or bridge is called.  This was after Binalbagan bridge, so this must be near the boundary of Himamaylan City. Himamaylan is about 83 kilometers south of Bacolod City, the provincial capital.

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Binalbagan bridge [Sunday Bridges]

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Taken from our road trip last week in the southern part of Negros island, my home province.  I don't know the name of this bridge but the billowing smoke at the background came from the chimneys of a sugar central called BISCOM in Binalbagan town.  Truckloads of cut sugarcane came through this bridge everyday during milling season. A new bridge replaced the old truss bridge but the metal railings remained.

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Footbridge

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I was in a parking lot late Saturday night when I noticed the construction across the street.  They're constructing two new towers in the Mall of Asia grounds, a reclaimed land along Manila Bay.  These buildings would have a 160 degrees unobstructed view of the bay with its famous sunset.  A footbridge connects the two buildings.

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Fontana bridge

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A bridge over a man-made pond in Fontana Leisure Park.  This bridge leads to the swimming pool and picnic areas.  Fontana, located inside the Clark Ecozone, has a hotel and casino.  We recharged here on Sunday afternoon after the exhausting Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.

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Nichols Interchange [Sunday Bridges]

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Slow moving traffic at the Nichols Interchange, located at the intersection of Sales Road and South Luzon Expressway.  The multi-level flyovers at this interchange were constructed to ensure smooth traffic to and from the new terminal of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

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Guadalupe MRT Bridge [Sunday Bridges]

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The Guadalupe MRT (or Metro Rail Transit) railroad bridge through my windshield.  I took these photos while crossing the Guadalupe Bridge at EDSA.  The steel-framed arch railway bridge is for MRT-3, or Blue Line that operates in EDSA.  MRT-3 has 13 stations along its 16.95-kilometer track.  The Guadalupe Bridge, on the other hand, is one of the 13 bridges that crosses the historic Pasig River.

This is going south to Makati City on Saturday afternoon.

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Rockwell flyover [Sunday Bridges]

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It's not your computer screen, it's my dirty windshield.  The frequent drizzles combined with dust and fumes make for a grimy windshield.  I took these photos through my windshield in a slow-moving traffic at EDSA on Saturday afternoon.  This is going south to Makati City at the approach of the Rockwell flyover.  The Rockwell Center is a former thermal plant site that was converted into an upscale high-rise residential apartments, offices and a shopping mall.

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Nalusuan Island foot-bridge [Sunday Bridges]

A 260-meter wharf and foot-bridge at Nalusuan Island near Mactan, Cebu.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.  
~T.S. Eliot

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Market! Market! flyover [Sunday Bridges]

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One of the methods implemented by the government to curb the high volume of vehicles in the streets of Metro Manila during peak-hours is the Number Coding Scheme.  Vehicles are prohibited in the streets for a certain day in a week, specifically on Mondays, vehicles with plate numbers ending in 1 and 2 are not allowed from 7 am to 7 pm; 3 and 4 on Tuesdays, 5 and 6 on Wednesdays and so on until Friday.   I had an appointment one Friday afternoon early this month and my car wasn't allowed to be in the streets that day.  So I took a cab and had the chance to take some photos along the way.  This is one of the flyovers along C5 Road that connects traffic to Bonifacio Global City, an upscale business and residential area.  The cab driver gave me some curious glances when he noticed I was taking photos.:p

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the other end of the flyover

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Bridge in Fontana [Sunday Bridges]

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On the left side, shaded by old acacia trees, there's a small bridge crossing a man-made lagoon at Fontana Leisure Park in Clark, Pampanga.  Clark, a former US military base, now a free zone, is an economic hub 90 minutes (by land) north of Manila.

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Three bridges and a lizard

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There are three bridges here and a lizard about to jump off the bridge! 

I'm kidding about the lizard, of course.  I didn't notice it until it crawled across my windshield.  Poor little thing.  As for the bridges, these three are at the intersection of Ortigas Avenue and C5 Road, a 19.7-kilometer beltway which stretches from Taguig City to Quezon City in Metro Manila.  I was on Ortigas Avenue going east, on my way home on a late Saturday afternoon...traffic flow was slow as usual.  

The Ortigas Avenue interchange is one-way from the east going west to EDSA, north and south to C5 Road---my usual route when going to work.  The skyway is a two-way bridge along C5 that crosses over the Ortigas Avenue interchange.

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Ayala Avenue flyover [Sunday Bridges]

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This is Monday morning traffic as I was approaching the Ayala Avenue tunnel going to Roxas Boulevard.  Above the tunnel is the Ayala Avenue and EDSA intersection, on top is the drab Ayala flyover.  Also seen is the footbridge crossing EDSA.  Ayala Avenue is one of the busiest thoroughfares in Metro Manila, crossing through the heart of Makati's central business district.  Because of the many businesses located on the avenue, Ayala Avenue is nicknamed the Wall Street of the Philippines.  When the MRT (Metro Rail Transit) was constructed, the flyover was added for left turners to EDSA.

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Stone bridge [Sunday Bridges]

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A stone bridge over a small lagoon that leads to the marble wall etched with Jose Rizal's "Mi Ultimo Adios" and a diorama of his execution.  Located in Rizal Park, Manila.

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Footbridge in Lake Danao

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A wooden bridge that leads to a picnic hut at Lake Danao in Camotes Island.  Lake Danao is the largest lake in the Visayas and Mindanao at 680 hectares.  Camotes is a group of four low-lying islands east of Cebu.

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Patapat Viaduct

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Before leaving Pagudpud and going back to Laoag City, we drove to Patapat Viaduct, a 1.3-kilometer concrete coastal bridge at the foot of the cliff of the north Cordillera mountain range.  Driving through the winding mountain road without traffic was a delightful experience.  This viaduct rises 31 meters above sea level, offering scenic views of the lush Cordillera mountains and the enchanting Pasaleng Bay.  It connects Maharlika Highway from Laoag City to the Cagayan Valley region.

Maharlika Highway is a 2500-kilometer network of roads, bridges and ferry services that connects the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao.  It starts in Laoag City and ends in Zamboanga City.

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Before the viaduct was constructed [during the Marcos administration], landslides were a common occurrence in this area during rainy season making this stretch a dreaded one-way road. In the 1960's, a footbridge perched on the mountain slope was the only link between the provinces of Ilocos and Cagayan Valley.  The etched footbridge can still be seen at the upper part of the cliff.  

This was the farthest point of our Ilocos road trip---about 580 kilometers from Manila.

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