Mactan-Mandaue Bridge

The Mactan–Mandaue Bridge, officially the Serging Osmeña Bridge, is a truss bridge that connects Mandaue City with Lapu-Lapu City in Metro Cebu, Philippines. It is one of two bridge that spans across the Mactan Channel, the other being the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, and connects the islands of Cebu and Mactan.HistoryOn September 19, 1968, Cebu Governor Rene G. Espina, then Acting Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, met with Danao City Mayor Beatriz Durano, Samboan Mayor Beatriz Calderon, Mandaue Mayor Demetrio Cortez and S.C. Shangkuan, the bridge's contractor in Malacañang Palace to discuss with then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos the construction of the bridge. Construction began in 1970, a year after the ordination of Mandaue as a chartered city. It was inaugurated on July 4, 1973. The bridge was designed and created by Filipino engineers.In April 2013 the Mactan Cebu Bridge Management Board renamed the bridge the Serging Osmeña Bridge after late Philippine President and Cebu governor Sergio "Serging" Osmeña, born in nearby Cebu City.DescriptionThis bridge sits astride the northern end of the Mactan Channel, which is a gateway to the Cebu International Port which is managed by the Cebu Port Authority, where about 80% of domestic and international shipping operators and shipbuilders in the Philippines are located. The Marcelo Fernan Bridge is located about 1.6 kilometers north of the bridge.