Iligan Detour Bridge now Open for Public Utilities

By PJTremedal

Iligan City- After a week of agony and inconveniences from walking on a makeshift bridge bringing personal belongings, crafts, and business trade materials, transferring agri –fishery goods and bounties transferring from buses to buses and other vehicles from other towns and cities from Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Zamboanga Sibugay, the Iligan detour bridge is now open for public utilities.

The said inconvenience on motorist and travelers happened after the Agus Bridge in Fuentes, Iligan City was bombed by unidentified group (as of this report nobody claims the bombing) and incurred damages to the 50 year old bridge connecting Iligan City to the Lanao Del Norte Province and the Zamboanga Peninsula Region to include Misamis Occidental.

Motorists and travelers going to and from Iligan City to Lanao Del Norte province will have to suffer the inconvenience of taking an alternate route as workers repair the bombed Agus Bridge, the Department of Public Workers and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday.

Serving as detour is the Ditucalan Bridge, which was opened after engineers deemed that Agus Bridge need immediate repair.

A bomb planted by still unidentified suspects on April 20 damaged steel beams of the halfway of the steel bridge, the DPWH field office said in a report to Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane.

Only light vehicles, however, are allowed to pass the detour bridge, and the Lanao del Norte 2nd District Engineering Office in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be supervising traffic flow.

Ebdane said Agus Bridge, one of the main bridges of Iligan City, need to be repaired immediately as further delay would affect the flow of trade going to and from Zamboanga, Misamis Occidental and all other parts of Mindanao.

Agus Bridge has a total length of 104 meters, of which 30 meters is reinforced concrete deck girder (RCDG) and 74 meters of steel. And accordingly, the government needs another 100 million budget to defray cost of the bridge.

Located along Iligan-Aurora Road, the main access road leading to Zamboanga Peninsula and Misamis Occidental. The bridge is eight kilometers away from the city proper. (news source from gmanews.tv)

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