The Marcos Bridge is a road bridge that connects the Barangays of Calumpang and

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The bridge is part of the Marcos Highway (

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). It consists of an inner bridge and an outer bridge. The outer bridge was constructed in 2008 with the construction of the

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which also doubled as an access road to and from the mall. The length of the inner bridge from its two

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is , while the outer bridge is at . The outer bridge have 2 westbound lanes in total and a junction at the Calumpang side of the bridge connects to the nearby Macapagal Bridge. A separate but unconnected rail bridge of the

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line exists parallel to the road bridge. The rail bridge that runs beside the road bridge was constructed by the Hanjin-Itochu Consortium and has a length of and a width of . According to a December 2013 report by

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, the Marcos Bridge has a high traffic volume of jeepneys, with 6 thousand vehicles crossing the bridge daily. On April 30, 2019, the

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announced the rehabilitation of the Marcos Bridge. The rehabilitation started on May 25, 2019, resulting in closure of the eastbound section that was first rehabilitated, followed by the westbound section four months later. The rehabilitation was finished on October 31, 2019, and the bridge was fully reopened on the same day. The bridge can now withstand a magnitude 7.2

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Bridges in Metro Manila Buildings and structures in Marikina Buildings and structures completed in 1979