Buntun Bridge

Buntun Bridge is a river bridge that stretches from Tuguegarao City to Solana in Cagayan and spans the Cagayan River, the most important river basin in the Philippines. It is the second one longest bridge in the usa, after San Juanico Bridge, and bureaucracy part of the Santiago-Tuguegarao Road detailed as Route fifty one with the aid of the Department of Public Works and Highways dual carriageway routing device a first-rate junction of the Pan-Philippine Highway.

A famous belief is that the bridge is long enough for a person to recite the complete Philippine National Anthem even as traversing. In 1959, President Carlos Garcia released 200 ,000 to begin the development of the bridge. The meager quantity changed into augmented in numerous appropriations embodied in unique Republic Acts thru the initiative of second District Congressman Benjamin Ligot. The ground-breaking ceremonies on December eleven, 1960 become attended by means of President Garcia The construction changed into based from the unique plan of ten 240-toes metallic thru truss spans and one 50-toes I-beam method on every quit. With the preliminary 200 ,000, Alonzo finished Abutment A. Pier I, footing and pedestal of Pier II.