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	Marcelo Fernan Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu, Cebu in the Philippines.
		Marcelo Fernan Bridge was opened in August 1999 to decongest the traffic from the older Mactan-Mandaue bridge.
		The bridge is one of the widest and longest bridge in the Philippines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marcelo_Fernan_Bridge (143 words)

	Marcelo Fernán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marcelo Briones Fernán (October 24, 1927–July 11, 1999) was a Filipino lawyer and political figure.
		He is the only Filipino to have headed both the judicial and legislative branches of government, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Senate president, respectively.
		A newly built bridge was named after him linking Mandaue City to Mactan Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marcelo_B._Fernan (287 words)

	List of bridges - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the central section is the longest bridge span in the world: 1991 m.
		London Bridge in London, England — noted neither for its architecture nor as an engineering feat, this bridge is one of the most famous in the world simply because there has continuously been a bridge at this location since Roman times, or about two thousand years.
		This is a stone bridge, replaced by a modern concrete span and brought to its present location as part of a large lakeside development.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_bridges (622 words)

	The CEBU WEBSITE.Lapulapu City.Marcelo Fernan Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The second bridge built across the Mactan Channel (also called Opon Channel), the body of water separating Mactan Island from mainland Cebu province.
		The bridge is named after the late Marcelo B. Fernan, a Philippine senator from Cebu at the time of his demise and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
		At the mainland side, the approach to this bridge is at Paknaan, Mandaue City near Gaisano if you take the main highway (Cebu north road).
	cebuwebsite.tripod.com /lcgallery/pages/mfernanbr.htm (77 words)

	Welcome to www.cebutravelsite.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The old Mactan-Mandaue bridge was built in 1973, it immediately became one of the most spectacular sights outside of Metro Manila.
		When this bridge was not yet existent, the only means of travel between Mactan and the mainland was by boat.
		Marcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge which spans across Mactan Channel connecting Cebu Island to Mactan Island.
	www.cebutravelsite.com /tourguide.htm (3699 words)

	Captured Moments » Weekend Here We Come
		This is the second bridge connecting Cebu Province to Mactan Island.
		Marcelo Fernan bridge, a 4-lane cable-stayed bridge spanning the Mactan Channel
		I have another way of looking at the modern Marcelo Fernan Bridge.That in any relationship be it at home, in the office and even with anyone, it is a lot better to build BRIDGES than to build WALLS.
	linnor.marikit.net /?p=26 (615 words)

	List of bridges by length - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a list of the world's bridges sorted by their full length above land or water.
		Note that measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion error.
		List of bridges by length, Bridges, See also, Bridges, Lists of bridges and World records.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_bridges_by_length (133 words)

	Fernan Bridge, the abandoned child of government
		The Marcelo Fernan Bridge, the second span connecting Cebu mainland and Mactan Island, is a fairly modern piece of infrastructure, one that is quite beautiful to look at.
		The government has no money to light up the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and the span would have become a traffic hazard at night had it not been for the civic consciousness of some firms.
		In the end, it is either the people themselves or, as in the case of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, the private sector that must step in to do the neglected responsibilities of government.
	www.thefreeman.com /editorial/story-20030804-8216.html (340 words)

	About Mactan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Not only it is the air-gate of 5 cities and 48 towns of the province of Cebu, it is also the distribution center of air traffic and air defense of the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
		The two bridges which connect Mactan Island to the Cebu Mainland and the presence of the International Airport have been responsible for the city's preseht progress and development.
		Originally referred to as "Mactan" it was here where Ferdinand Magellan met his death in the hands of Datu Lapu-lapu in that historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521.
	mactanproperties.stormpages.com /aboutmactan.htm (413 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Security cams for Cebu bridges
		CEBU CITY: The two bridges spanning the islands of Cebu and Mactan will be equipped with security cameras for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit that Cebu province will host in December.
		Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu, chairman of the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board, said a total of 32 cameras will be shared between the two-lane first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the four-lane Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
		During a recent board meeting, Garcia said she wanted to invest P2.8 million from the bridges’ maintenance funds of P3.276 million.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/apr/22/yehey/prov/20060422pro2.html (253 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Fedex renews commitment to shoulder Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge’s lighting cost
		THE international forwarding company that earlier ceased to shoulder lighting expenses for the Marcelo Fernan Bridge is now willing to do it again.
		Lighting expenses for the Marcelo Fernan Bridge have reached some P1.3 million, prompting the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) and the Mactan Electric Company (Meco) to issue notices of disconnection.
		But engineer Pericles Dakay, private sector representative of the committee, yesterday said that the problem is now solved with the forwarding company’s intention to pay for the lighting expenses for a period of five years.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2002/10/12/news/fedex.renews.commitment.to.shoulder.marcelo.b..fernan.bridge.s.lighting.cost.html (336 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Villarete said the area where the third bridge would be built - at the end of Osmeña Boulevard near the port of Cebu - was already considered before for the Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
		Villarete, who was one of the planners of the second bridge, said that when they were conceptualizing the construction of a bridge to connect Osmeña Boulevard to Lapu-Lapu City in 1991, the estimated cost of the project was P18 billion.
		Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, however, stood pat on her call for the construction of a third bridge to ease traffic congestion on the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge and the Marcelo Fernan bridge.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_cdn/2005/nov/new/nov21_02.htm (478 words)

	CEBU PORTAL : : CEBU History, business, historical sites, landmarks, monuments, museums, churches and parks
		Built in 1972 at a cost of P65 million, this 846 meters (2,776 ft) long and 9 meters (29.5 ft) wide bridge connects the industrial city of Mandaue to the historical island of Mactan.
		The Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge is the second bridge to connect Cebu island and Mactan Island.
		More familiarly called " the Second Bridge " by locals, this bridge spans the Cebu Straight and boasts of breathtaking vistas of land, sky and sea.
	www.cebuportal.com /info/history.html (2193 words)

	Cebu City, Cebu
		It is a new modern earthquake proof bridge that was financed by the Japanese government as a reparation gesture from the damage done from the second world war.
		I used to remember before the bridges, we used to ride ferries to the island.
		Now the bridges has turned Mactan Island into a bustling busy tourist spot.
	mingsworld.com /blog/cebu/fort.htm (1181 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Motorist complaints and stalled traffic on both ends of the bridge in Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City were reported on Day 1 of the new scheme.
		Critics said the general public was caught by surprise because the new scheme was not announced widely enough, lacked coordination and didn't take into account the volume of worker traffic in the Mactan export zones.
		With the new one-way bridge scheme, employees have to take a longer route to reach their job sites or to return home.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_cdn/2005/nov/new/nov16_01.htm (858 words)

	Six firms to chip in for Fernan bridge lighting
		The problem of settling the monthly power bills of the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge was resolved yesterday after six companies pledged to grant cash donations monthly to the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Committee which is running the operation of the bridge.
		The six firms tendered their donations during a pledging session with the committee at the Cebu Governor's Office after the latter disclosed that it is experiencing problem in meeting its expenses for the bridge's lighting and other miscellaneous items that amounted to about P175,000 a month.
		Governor Pablo Garcia, the committee chairman, said the pledges shall be later formalized with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the committee and the firms.
	www.thefreeman.com /local/story-20030404-3907.html (357 words)

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		The projects were: the Balugo-Palinpinon Bridge for inclusion in the President’s Bridge Program III, the improvement of the Bohol Circumferential Road, and the improvement of four priority farm-to-market roads in the Province of Negros Oriental.
		The former Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB) was among the 61 agencies attached to the Office of the President which was abolished in February 2002 per Executive Order No. 72 as part of the streamlining program of the Arroyo Administration.
		The MCBMB abolition and the termination by Airfreight 2100 (FedEx) of its Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with MCBMB concerning its monthly donation for the electric bills of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge revived the previous concern of the RDC on the maintenance and operation of the Mactan-Cebu bridges.
	www.neda7.net.ph /leslie/about/rdc/reports/acc_report2.html (6017 words)

	The City - City of Mandaue
		The city is strategically located and is ten minutes away from any of the major growth points within the inner core of the Metro Cebu Area.
		It links up mainland Cebu to Mactan Island through the 1st Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the 2nd Mandaue-Mactan Bridge (Marcelo Fernan Bridge).
		From the Mactan Cebu International Airport, it is the door to the rest of the cities and municipalities of Cebu and the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
	www.mandauecity.gov.ph /thecity.htm (175 words)

	Cebu-Mactan bridges to get security cams - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		THE two bridges spanning the islands of Cebu and Mactan will soon be equipped with security cameras.
		In the latest meeting of the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB), it was announced that a total of 32 cameras will be shared between the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge to ensure greater security, especially when Mandaue City hosts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this December.
		The bridge board, of which Garcia is chairperson, gets its income from utility companies that use the bridges, such as electric and telecommunication firms.
	newsinfo.inq7.net /inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=1125 (386 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| METRO > Calibrated response old trick for old hands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He applied, in behalf of the coalition, for a permit to hold a rally at the Mendiola Bridge on September 27, 1984, to protest the violent dispersal of a rally at the bridge five days earlier.
		(Marcelo Fernan, then member of parliament, riposted that motorists were inconvenienced when funerals, wedding parties and very important persons move through main streets escorted by the police “and yet they do not apply for any permit.”
		Tañada went ahead with the rally despite the absence of a permit.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/sept/28/yehey/metro/20050928met8.html (591 words)

	Balita - Linking Filipinos worldwide with news since 1994
		The two bridges spanning the islands of Cebu and Mactan will soon be equipped with security cameras ensure greater security, especially when Cebu hosts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in December.
		Cebu Gov. Gwnedolyn Garcia, chair of the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB), said a total of 32 cameras will be shared between the two-lane first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the four-lane Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
		The bridge board, of which Garcia is chairperson, gets its income form utility companies that use the bridges, such as electric and telecommunication firms.
	news.balita.ph /html/article.php/20060421190438660 (841 words)

	Province of Cebu Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		One of only 2 bridges that connects Cebu to Mactan Island and the newest, M. Fernan Bridge qualifies as a suspension bridge with 3 spans.
		The 2 bridges built across the Mactan Strait are well above the water making it possible for even big ships to pass under - the Cebu Seaport within the area and being the busiest in Central Philippines.
		The construction of this bridge relieved the once heavy vehicle traffic between Cebu and Mactan as served by the other old bridge.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Philippines/Province_of_Cebu/Things_To_Do-Province_of_Cebu-R-1.html (1329 words)

	Boracay
		So I fixed up my trusty old Nissan and was whisked by the Superferry from Manila to Cebu City, where I really enjoyed the variety of resto bars and the hot nightlife at the Crossroads, The Village, and - best of all - the Ayala Entertainment Center.
		After a short detour to Mactan Island, crossing over the new Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge, and a stopover in Danao, the gun town of the Philippines, I headed for Maya at the northern tip of Cebu, where outriggers leave for Malapascua Island.
		On a trip around the island I counted no less than 20 white beaches, but it’s at Bounty Beach on the south coast where tourism is already well established.
	www.jenspeters.com /reedereien/island_hopping_car.html (588 words)

	Wa'y Blima! Cebu Visitors Guide: The Island of Cebu: Metro Cebu Landmarks
		Mactan is a flat island connected to the main island of Cebu by two bridges, the two-lane Old Bridge and the four-lane Marcelo Fernan Bridge (also called the New Bridge), which, at 1,237 meters, is the longest center span extradosed cable-stayed bridge in the word (whatever that means).
		The four-lane UN Avenue connecting the Fernan bridge to the North-South highway used to be the only place you can speed in Cebu, but we now have - believe it or not - a six-lane expressway in the south.
		Mactan is home to Mactan International Airport, where you'll probably be arriving, MEPZA, a light industrial zone home to numerous multinational factories, and a large number of beach resorts and diveshops.
	www.wayblima.com /cebu-island-landmarks.html (374 words)

	A Habit of Harbors: Once Upon a Midnight Run
		Outrun each other through the Marcelo Fernan Bridge (spanning the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu), we agreed.
		He sprinted off ahead of me as soon as he got down the car— and who cared if he was still wearing his office uniform?-- and I followed suit, barefoot and basking in the velocity that could have been the bats’ joy at such ungodly hour.
		Around us, the darkness was no match to our breathless bravado against the halogen lamps at the bridge ahead of us.
	breezymyke.blogspot.com /2006/06/once-upon-midnight-run.html (488 words)

	Cebu from a distance on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		This 864-meter bridge connects the islands of Mactan and Cebu.
		This has been the main link between both cities before the creation of the Marcelo H. Fernan Bridge.
		When you pass this place, you'll surely see a good view of the City of Cebu and Mandaue and definitely you will be appreciate the mountain backdrop.
	www.flickr.com /photos/2rokbotoy/117839053/in/pool-16067157@N00 (367 words)

	Cebu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Cebu is continuing to develop its infrastructure to make travel more efficient as it continues to attract more investors and tourists, especially the Koreans.
		To date, Cebu's infrastructure is highlighted by the two steel bridges that connect Mactan Island with the main island.
		A 3rd Mactan-Cebu bridge as well as an underwater tunnel are both being discussed by local leaders citing the growing inconveniences related to the existing two steel bridges.
	q-basic.xodox.de /Cebu (3104 words)

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