The Guadalupe Bridge is a road bridge that connects the cities of

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and

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Background

The Guadalupe Bridge, which is part of

EDSA Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...

, consists of an inner bridge and two outer bridges. The two outer bridges were constructed in 1979 with Umali-Pajara Construction Company as its general contractor. The length of the bridge from its two

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is . The outer bridges have 10 lanes in total and a junction at the Makati side of the bridge connects to J. P. Rizal Avenue. Each outer bridge is around in width, has 5 lanes that measures each and a pedestrian sidewalk near the railings. A separate but unconnected

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rail bridge of the

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exists above the road bridge. The rail bridge that hovers above the road bridge was constructed by the EEI Corporation has a length of and a width of . According to a December 2013 report by

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, the Guadalupe Bridge has the highest traffic volume among 12 main bridges in Metro Manila, with 220,000 vehicles crossing the bridge daily.

Planned renovation

By 2016, the bridge has been identified as one of the structures expected to collapse following a hypothetical strong earthquake in Metro Manila. Major repairs were done on the bridge in 2019. The outer bridges were replaced by three-span steel deck box girders while the inner bridge assessed by JICA to be in good condition was retrofitted. The pedestrian sidewalk was expanded to while the outer bridges continued to have 10 lanes in total.

References

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