RECONSTRUCTION. The Department of Public Works and Highways will replace the decades-old Marcos Bridge, locally known as Tawiran Bridge in the City of Meycauayan, Bulacan, with a new structure that will conform to the latest DPWH standard bridge design and specifications. The project will cost PHP300 million and an initial fund of PHP100 million has been allotted for it in the 2022 General Appropriations Act. (Photo courtesy of DPWH Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - An aging bridge in Meycauyan City in Bulacan will finally be replaced with a new structure after almost 50 years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday. George DC. Santos, the district engineer of the DPWH-Bulacan 2nd District Engineering Office, said the old Marcos Bridge, locally known as Tawiran Bridge, which was built in 1972 and officially opened to motorists in 1973, will be replaced to make way for a better bridge that conforms to the latest DPWH standard specification and seis
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