Quezon Bridge is a combined

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and

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crossing the Pasig River between Quezon Boulevard in Quiapo and Padre Burgos Avenue in

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. Quezon Bridge was built to take the much greater and heavier 20th century vehicular traffic than the nineteenth century Puente Colgante, which it replaced, was designed to carry. Quezon Bridge was constructed in 1939 under the supervision of the engineering firm

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and Company. The bridge was designed as an

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style

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and was inspired by the design of the

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. It was named in honor of

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, the

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at the time of its construction. It was wrecked during

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and subsequently rebuilt in 1946. It is a subject of frequent repairs, reinforcement and retrofits through the years due to increasing utilization, age and at one point, damage by fire in 2014. As a result, the bridge became restricted only to light vehicles. Its last major reconstruction was done in 1996. The bridge was lighted up with new LED lights in February 2022.

Gallery

File:Philippine Island - Manila - NARA - 68156603.jpg, left, The bridge in 1940 File:Quezon Bridge, Manila - 10 July 1945.jpg, The bridge in war-devastated Manila in July 1945 File:09791jfQuiapo Quezon Boulevard Manila Bridge Riverfvf 11.jpg, Marker of its rebuild File:09697jfQuiapo Quezon Boulevard Manila Bridge Riverfvf 03.jpg, The bridge from Quiapo File:Quezon Bridge (Quiapo, Manila; 02-07-2021).jpg, The bridge southbound

References

Bridges in Manila Arch bridges Art Deco architecture in the Philippines Buildings and structures in Ermita Buildings and structures in Quiapo, Manila Bridges completed in 1939 {{Philippines-bridge-struct-stub