Jones Bridge
| Jones Bridge (I) | |
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Jones Bridge (I) over the Pasig River, Manila, Philippines, c1930s | |
| Coordinates | 14°35′45″N 120°58′38.3″E / 14.59583°N 120.977306°ECoordinates: 14°35′45″N 120°58′38.3″E / 14.59583°N 120.977306°E |
| Carries | Vehicular, streetcar and pedestrian traffic |
| Crosses | Pasig River |
| Locale | Manila, Philippines |
| Preceded by | Santa Cruz Bridge (now McArthur Bridge) |
| Followed by | None |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Neoclassical arch bridge |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Number of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 5 |
| History | |
| Designer | Juan M. Arellano |
| Constructed by | American colonial government in the Philippines |
| Construction begin | 1916 |
| Closed | 1945 |
| Replaces | Puente de España |
| Jones Bridge (II) | |
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The present Jones Bridge in 2008 | |
| Coordinates | same as Jones Bridge (I) |
| Carries | Vehicular and pedestrian traffic |
| Crosses | Pasig River |
| Locale | Manila, Philippines |
| Preceded by | MacArthur Bridge |
| Followed by | Del Pan Bridge (renamed as Roxas Bridge) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete |
| Number of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Constructed by | U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and Philippine Bureau of Public Works |
| Construction begin | 1945 |
| Replaces | Jones Bridge (I) |
Jones Bridge is a bridge that spans the Pasig River in the Philippines connecting the Manila area of Binondo on Rosario Street (Calle Rosario, now Quintin Paredes Street), with the center of city in Ermita. The previous bridge that connected the two areas was the Puente Grande (Great Bridge), later called the Puente de España (Bridge of Spain) located one block upriver on Nueva Street (Calle Nueva, now E. T. Yuchengco Street). That span was considered as the oldest established in the Philippines.
History
Jones Bridge I
After the floods of September 1914 damaged Puente de España, construction of a replacement bridge was started in 1916 by the American Colonial government, one block downriver from the original location. It was named Jones Bridge after former Virginia Rep. William Atkinson Jones, who was the principal author of the Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916. The Neoclassical design by Juan M. Arellano was an ornate concrete arch bridge. The entrances to the bridge were bordered by pillars topped with a series of statues called La Madre Filipina.[1] The bridge was destroyed by the bombs of World War II.[2][3]
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Skyview of Jones Bridge with the Central Post Office Building in the 1930s.
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The bridge with temporary spans after the bridge was destroyed in World War II.
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Aerial view of the temporary bridge and Manila after it was bombed during the liberation.
Jones Bridge II
After the war, the bridge was reconstructed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and then Philippine Bureau of Public Works under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1945.[4] Carrying the name of the bridge, the new span was a simple bridge with metal pole railings, bare in design. The war also lost one of the four La Madre Filipina statues; the surviving monuments were moved to other locations in Manila.[5] Two of them now stand near the steps of the Court of Appeals Building while one was moved to Rizal Park.[6]
Present state
Jones Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in the country. Some recent improvements on the current bridge were the addition of street lamps and replacing the old pole railings with stone railings reminiscent of the first Jones Bridge.[7]
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The lion sculpture adorning the Binondo, Manila side of the bridge
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Jones Bridge from the air, with Post Office Building and Metropolitan Theater
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The Manila Post Office as seen from the bridge
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View of the bridge towards Ermita, Manila
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View of the bridge towards Binondo, Manila
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The information sign in Binondo.
See also
References
- ↑ Tewell, John (2009-03-22). "Figures on Jones Bridge". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-22.
- ↑ Tewell, John (2009-08-23). "Jones Bridge before World War II". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
- ↑ "Jones Bridge, National Post Office Building, late 1920s". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
- ↑ Tilwell, John. (2009-02-09). "Manila February 2, 2009 - Sign on Jones Bridge". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-22.
- ↑ Tewell, John (2009-08-25)."A walk in Intramuros, Aug. 25, 2009". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-22.
- ↑ Tewell, John. "Rizal (Luneta) Park, Manila". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-22.
- ↑ mrbinondo (2008-06-02). "Jones Bridge". Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-09-22.
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