Quezon Bridge

The Quezon Bridge is a combined <a href="/facts/Arch_bridge/oGQeFjp2">arch</a> and <a href="/facts/Prestressed_concrete/0fFlgCju">prestressed concrete</a> <a href="/facts/Girder_bridge/U02r5QLq">girder bridge</a> crossing the <a href="/facts/Pasig_River/5Kn40Jte">Pasig River</a> between <a href="/facts/Quezon_Boulevard/H20EoEgS">Quezon Boulevard</a> in <a href="/facts/Quiapo%2c_Manila/QUCDpjj0">Quiapo</a> and <a href="/facts/Padre_Burgos_Avenue/wFPfjxDj">Padre Burgos Avenue</a> in <a href="/facts/Ermita%2c_Manila/k2y9gB1q">Ermita</a> in <a href="/facts/Manila/1jLySodG">Manila</a>, <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a>.
Quezon Bridge was built to take the much greater and heavier 20th-century vehicular traffic than the 19th-century <a href="/facts/Puente_Colgante_(Manila)/2WMEEWcR">Puente Colgante</a> was designed for, which it replaced. It was constructed in 1939 under the supervision of the engineering firm <a href="/facts/Pedro_Siochi/Vt39nCCu">Pedro Siochi</a> and Company. The bridge was designed as an <a href="/facts/Art_Deco/y1xFeh9t">Art Deco</a>-style <a href="/facts/Arch_bridge/oGQeFjp2">arch bridge</a> inspired by the design of the <a href="/facts/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge/PxTH8pzl">Sydney Harbour Bridge</a>. It was named in honor of <a href="/facts/Manuel_L._Quezon/RJSQ10Js">Manuel Luis Quezon</a>, the <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Philippines/RWoHauBW">President of the Philippines</a> at the time of its construction.
It was damaged during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> and subsequently rebuilt in 1946. Due to increasing utilization, age, and, at one point, fire damage in 2014, it has been subject to frequent repairs, reinforcement, and retrofits through the years. As a result, the bridge became restricted only to light vehicles. Its last major reconstruction was done in 1996. In February 2022, new LED lights were installed on the bridge.

Quezon Bridge open-in-new

Quezon Bridge