MANILA, 19 March (PIA)--The Ayala Bridge connecting Ermita and San Miguel in Manila will undergo a month long rehabilitation to restore its structural integrity.
Department of Public Works and Highways – National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) Director Reynaldo G. Tagudando said it will be closed to traffic from March 21 to April 20, 2015, where motorists will have to take alternative routes in going to and from their destination.
Night time repair works involving gantry installation, side wall construction, blasting and other activities have been undertaken as part of the preparatory works for the Ayala Bridge rehabilitation from March 13 to March 16, 2015.
The Ayala Bridge will be raised by .70 meters for navigational clearance of vessels passing Pasig River. Navigation of vessels will not also be allowed for 48 hours to be announced two (2) days prior to the actual date of lifting the bridge structure.
In the meantime, informative signs with alternate routes for motorists and commuters are installed at the following roads: España, A.H. Lacson, President Quirino Avenue, United Nations Avenue, Ayala Boulevard, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, Bustillos and Legarda Streets, P. Casal Extension, Claro M. Recto Avenue, Dapitan, Carlos Palanca Sr., Quezon Boulevard, Plaza Sta. Cruz, Carriedo, Padre Burgos, Andalucia and Lerma.
The bridge will be partially closed east side on April 21 to June 14 but will be open one-way northbound and partially closed west side on June 15 to July 20 but open one-way northbound. However, movement of trucks and buses will not still be allowed during the partial one-way opening.
The Ayala Bridge was first built in 1872 by Don Jacobo Zobel de Ayala, the patriarch of the Ayala y Roxas Clan. Though it is rumored to be designed by Gustav Eiffel like the Ynchausti’s Quezon Bridge, it is still unproven.
The bridge is reconstructed in its current form in 1930’s. In reality, the bridge connects three land masses, the north bank of Pasig in San Miguel, the South Bank of Pasig in Ermita and the Isla de Convalescencia where the Hospicio de San Jose is located. (DPWH/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)
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