The San Juanico Bridge stretches about 2.16 kilometers across the San Juanico Strait, linking Tacloban City in Leyte with Santa Rita in Samar. Completed in 1973, it was the longest bridge in the Philippines for decades, and its graceful S-curve over the strait — with small islets scattered below — is still one of the most photographed road views in the country.
We crossed it on our 2010 road trip through Eastern Visayas. Even on a moving vehicle stop, the scale is hard to miss: steel trusses on one side, open water on the other, and Samar rising at the far end. The photograph below is from that crossing.
Crossing more of the country’s landmark bridges and coastal roads? See also the Patapat Viaduct in Ilocos Norte.
