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(Photo courtesy of DPWH) MANILA - The construction work on the new bridge in Masantol, Pampanga, worth PHP566.6 million, is 88 percent complete, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported Saturday. Undersecretary Emil Sadain reported the construction progress of the Pampanga Delta Bridge Project to Secretary Manuel Bonoan after inspecting the structure on Friday. Sadain called the bridge a crucial component of infrastructure development that would promote economic growth in the municipalities of Masantol and Macabebe in Pampanga and Calumpit, Hagonoy, and Malolos City in Bulacan. "At present, these municipalities are exchanging trades through long routes passing Apalit, Pampanga," he said in a statement. The project involves the construction of a concrete deck bridge made of five spans of steel box girders supported by four piers and two abutments resting on bored piles of two 1.5-meter diameter at both abutments and six 1.8-meter diameter at piers. Once comp ....
Construction work on the Pampanga Delta Bridge Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Masantol, Pampanga is now making a steady pace ....