VISIT TACLOBAN: SAN JUANICO BRIDGE

SAN JUANICO BRIDGE, a 2.16 kilometer bridge connects SAMAR and LEYTE stretching above the SAN JUANICO STRAIT was the most promising structure in the PHILIPPINES and was known as the country's longest connecting bridge.

designed by Juanito Isko Balunbalunan, the 21.9 million dollar bridge was opened to the public in 1973 which began on 1969.

if you are going to travel from MANILA to TACLOBAN via bus, you will be traversing the bridge before entering the city. from STA RITA, SAMAR, upon reaching the bridge, a "WELCOME TO LEYTE" banner will definitely make you feel you are already in LEYTE, plus not to mention 'when you're already on the bridge'.

on the other hand, if you have arrived in TACLOBAN via air, you could still visit the bridge through public vehicles which takes 10 - 15 mins from the city proper, and upon reaching the bridge, you could have a nice 2-kilometer walk if you want and feel the cold breeze of the SAN JUANICO STRAIT. enjoy the thousand whirpools and islets of the strait. and from there you could see the VIEW of TACLOBAN CITY.

this bridge was not only designed to entertain visitors and tourists but it's main purpose was the access between two giant islands. TACLOBAN CITY, as the region's capital invites all the marketers from nearby towns and do the trading in it. the people from SAMAR sells their native products and delicacies in TACLOBAN, while the transportation from SAMAR was made accessible by the bridge too.

instead of using BANGKA or boats, they could travel using heavy equipped vehicles without worries of overloading on the waters because it could be brought safe from the place of origin to it's destination without hassles on transferring of goods.

by night, the SAN JUANICO BRIDGE is very elegant with it's lights that could made you think of a FLOATING DRAGON over the seas from afar.

a proud pinoy structure, a proud TACLOBANON bridge.

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