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San Juanico The Bridge of Love
San Juanico The Bridge of Love
INTRODUKSYON …. 3
KATAWAN I …. 8
KATAWAN II …. 10
KATAWAN III …. 11
KONKLUSYON …. 12
INTRODUKSYON
rehiyong Silangang Visayas. Catbalogan ang kapital nito at sinasakop ang kanlurang
bahagi ng pulo ng Samar at gayon din ang mga ilang pulo sa Dagat Samar na
Ang Tulay ng San Juanico (San Juanico Bridge) ay ang tulay na pinagdudugtong ang
mga pulo ng Leyte at Samar sa ibabaw ng Kipot ng San Juanico. Bahagi ito ng Pan-
Philippine Highway, at may kabuuang haba itong 2,200 metro (7,200 talampakan)—ang
pinakamahabang tulay sa Pilipinas. Ang tulay ay inihandog kay Imelda Marcos, asawa
ni dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos. Sinimulan itong itinayo noong 1969 at natapos
Region 8. Marami ring nagsasabi kung gaano ito kaganda at kung bakit ito natatangi. Sa
aking pag gagalugad sa internet, may nabasa akong artikulo na nagsasad ng mga
point upang mag login, para sa iyong kaligtasan, bago makarating ng tulay, may
Sa loob ng tulay hindi mo lang makikita ang kagandahan nito ngunit mararamdaman
mor in ang sariwang hangin na dumadampis sa iyong balat. Bukod pa rito, matatanaw
Ang litratong ito ay kuha papuntang Samar. Mas makikita mo ang kagandahan ng tulay
kung ang pagpunta mo ay umaga, makikita mo ang ganda sa paligid lalong lalo na sa
Kapag nasa tuktok na ng tulay mararamdaman mo ang saya na at may halo ring kaba.
mahal sa buhay. Maaari ka ring kumuha ng larawan dito at kung hindi kaya ay sumigaw
Ang dahilan kung bakit ito dinadayo ng mga turista ay dahil sa pinagmulang kasaysayan
at dahil sa ito ang pinakamahabang tulay sa bansa. Nakilala ito dahil na rin sa kung
paano ito pinagawa. Ang tulay ng San Juanico Bridge ay may malaking tulong dahil ito
ang nagdurugtong ng dalawang lalawigan, ang Samar at Leyte. Ang tulay na ito ay hindi
lang simpleng tulay dahil noong ginagawa ito ay maraming nagbuhis ng buhay upang
maitayo lamang ito. Pwede itong punatahan lalong lalo na ng mga magbabarkada,
katahimikan dito, na halos ang ihip ng hangin lamang ang ingay na iyong maririnig.
May mga malalapit na pasyalan rin sa paligid ng San Juanico Bridge, ang San Juanico
iba’t ibang lugar at dumadaong sa Tacloban. Bago pa man tawaging San Juanico
Bridge ang tulay na ito, dati na itong pinangalanang Marcos Bridge noong siya at umupo
bilang presidente ng Pilipinas. At pinalitan naman ito ng Bridge of Love dahil ito ang
Kung titignan ito ng mabuti, makikita ito na sumisimbolo sa letrang L at S na ang ibig
sabihin ay Leyte at Samar. Tumotal ito ng mahigit $21.9 million para maisagawa ang
tulay na ito na halos apat na taon kasama ang mga Hapones sa paggawa nito. At siguro
alam mo na ang mga kwento kwento tungkol sa tulay na ito. Sinasabi ng mga
matatanda na noong ipinapagawa pa lamang ang tulay ay hindi ito matapos tapos at
palaging nasisira. Kaya mas naging matibay ang tulay ay dahil sa dugo ng mga
kabataang kinikidnap nila at ang mga dugo nito ay inihahalo sa semento at ang katawan
naman ay inihuhulog sa tulay. Sinasabing taon taon ay may namamatay sa tulay dahil
Ngunit may katotohanan nga ba ang mga sabi-sabi ng mga matatanda ukol sa misteryo
ng tulay na ito? O isa lamang haka haka upang siraan ang pamilyang Marcos? Bakit
Marcos built the bridge as a personal gift to his wife Imelda using public funds siphoned
through the controversial Marcos Japanese ODA scandal.. It was one of the high-
visibility foreign-loan projects initiated by Marcos during the run-up to the 1969
presidential election. Completed four years later, it was inaugurated on 2 July 1973 on
the birthday of Imelda Marcos. Upon its completion, economists and public works
engineers quickly tagged it as a white elephant which was "a possession that is useless
and expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of", because its average daily traffic was
The "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway Bridge" was part of a large bundle of high-
funded showcases, which also included the Cultural Center of the Philippines, allowed
reason he became the first and only president of the Third Philippine Republic to win a
second term.
Financing
The Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway project started out in the mid-1960s with a
single US$25 million Japan Export-Import Bank loan meant for the purchase of
equipment for road development. However, the Marcos administration requested its
expansion to incorporate a bridge between Leyte and Samar, and various sea traffic
Through the Ministry of Public Highways, the Philippine government contracted the San
Construction
Construction of the bridge commenced during 1969 presidential campaign. It was finally
completed four years later, in 1973, and was inaugurated on 2 July—in celebration of
The bridge's design reflected the aesthetic of other infrastructure projects associated
with what has been called the Marcoses' "edifice complex"—described by architectural
historian Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of
greatness".
Post-construction
Ruperto Alonzo, the project was initially a white elephant that was "a possession that is
useless and expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of"because its average daily
traffic was too low to justify the cost of its construction. As a result, its construction has
been associated with what has been called the Marcoses' "edifice complex".
II.
In the years after the Marcos administration, economic activity in Samar and Leyte
finally caught up with the bridge's intended function under the guidance of several
administrations from Corazon Aquino to the present administration, and has become an
iconic tourist attraction. The bridge was slightly damaged by Typhoon Haiyan, locally
known as Super Typhoon Yolanda, in November 2013 but was quickly repaired and
The San Juanico Bridge connects the islands of Leyte and Samar by linking the city of
Tacloban to the town of Santa Rita, Samar. It passes over the San Juanico Strait.The
road infrastructure is the second longest bridge spanning a body of seawater in the
has 43 steel spans with the primary span measuring 192 m (630 ft).
The bridge's abutments are founded on steel H-piles while its piers are rock seated
pedestals built using the Prepakt method, having single cylindrical shafts and tapered
cantilevered copings.
III.
The bridge is part of the Pan–Philippine Highway (commonly known as the Maharlika
Highway), a network of roads, bridges, and sea routes that connect the islands of Luzon,
Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the country. The highway was proposed in 1965, and
backbone of transportation.
During martial law in the Philippines under then-president Ferdinand E. Marcos, military
personnel who conducted tortures referred to one particular method of torture as "the
San Juanico Bridge". It involved a person being beaten while the victim's head and feet
lay on separate beds and the body is suspended as though to form a bridge.
Filipino actor and stunt performer Dante Varona jumped from the San Juanico Bridge
The short story "The Bridge" by Yvette Tan is based on one of the urban legends
surrounding the San Juanico Bridge.[32][33] The story won an award for fiction from the
Philippine Graphic.
Urban legends
There are a number of urban legends associated with the bridge's construction. The
most popular one involves a woman overseeing the project who follows a fortune teller's
advice and orders workers to mix children's blood with the bridge's foundation. A river
fairy curses the woman and causes the woman to grow foul-smelling scales on her legs.
KONKLUSYON
panlilinlang ng mga taong nais sirain ang pangalan ni dating Pangulong Marcos.
Naniniwala ako na kaya matayog ang tulay na ito ay hindi dahil sa dugo at katawan ng
mga bata kundi dahil sa hindi ito tinipd sa materyales, talagang binigyang pokus ang
pagpapatayo nito, hindi lang basta basta. Hindi maganda na gawan ito ng kwento na
San Juanico, napagtanto ko na kahit ano pa man ang kwento nito at misteryong
bumabalot dito ay hindi natin maipagkakailang ang kasaysayan ng San Juanico ay hindi
bansa dahil dinurugtong nito ang dalawang probinsya. Kung sana lang ang ating
pagsumikapang pagandahin ang ataing bansa, hindi lang upang tumatak sa isipan ang
Iyon lamang po ang aking nakalap, ang aking maibibigay na impormasyon, sana ay may
God Bless!
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