Buntun Bridge
Buntun Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 17°36′49″N 121°41′29″E |
| Carries | 2 lanes of N51 (Santiago–Tuguegarao Road); pedestrian sidewalks |
| Crosses | Cagayan River |
| Locale | Tuguegarao City, Cagayan (North) Solana, Cagayan (South) |
| Official name | Buntun Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Talletay ta Buntun |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways – Cagayan 3rd District Engineering Office |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Steel truss bridge |
| Material | Steel, Concrete, Asphalt |
| Total length | 1,369 m (4,491 ft) |
| Width | 9.60 m (31 ft) |
| Height | 37 m (121 ft) |
| No. of spans | 14 |
| Load limit | 18 t (18,000 kg) |
| Clearance above | 6 m (20 ft) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Philippine National Construction Corporation |
| Construction start | December 11, 1960 |
| Construction end | May 10, 1969 |
| Opened | June 1, 1969 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | No |
| Location | |
Buntun Bridge (Itawit: Talletay ta Buntun; Ilocano: Rangtáy ti Buntun; Filipino: Tulay ng Buntun) is a river bridge that stretches from Tuguegarao City to Solana in Cagayan and spans the Cagayan River, the largest river basin in the Philippines. It forms part of the Santiago–Tuguegarao Road (designated as N51 by the Department of Public Works and Highways highway routing system), a major junction of the Pan-Philippine Highway. It was the longest bridge in the Philippines upon its opening in 1969, surpassed in 1973 by the San Juanico Bridge.
A popular belief is that the bridge is long enough for a person to recite the entire Philippine National Anthem while traversing.
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