Bgc Ortigas Kalayaan Bridge Update

Описание: Bgc Ortigas Bridge Update

The Bgc Ortigas Bridge, also known as the Kalayaan Bridge is a four-lane, two-way bridge across the Pasig River that connects Lawton Avenue in Makati to Fairlane Street (near Santa Monica Street to where the bridge is also named after in Kapitolyo, Pasig. The bridge spans 613.77 meters (2,013.7 ft. and the construction cost of the bridge is ₱1.857 billion as of 2017. The bridge also includes a 565-meter (1,854 ft) viaduct that connects it to 8th Avenue in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

The groundbreaking ceremony on the project took place as part of the Build! Build! Build! Infrastructure Program under the Duterte administration on July 19, 2017, marking the official start of construction.The project is handled by a joint venture of Persan Construction, Inc. and Sino Road and Bridge Group Company Ltd., with consultants DCCD Partners and Pertconsult International. Aside from the bridge itself, the construction project also includes improving access to the bridge by upgrading Brixton and Fairlane Streets on the Ortigas side and 8th Avenue on the BGC side. The bridge was originally expected to open in 2020, but was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bridge consists of a 4-lane main bridge spanning 613.77 meters (2,013.7 ft) that connects Lawton Avenue in Makati to Fairlane Street in Kapitolyo, Pasig across the Pasig River and J. P. Rizal Avenue,known as the Kalayaan Bridge. It also includes the Lawton Avenue – Global City Viaduct, a 2-lane, 565 m (1,854 ft) viaduct that connects the main bridge to 8th Avenue in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig across Kalayaan Avenue.

The Kalayaan Bridge, also known as the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) – Ortigas Center Link opened about a year ago and was supposed to ease traffic along the usual routes along EDSA and C5 that crossed the Pasig River. The new bridge is located between the EDSA and C5 bridges and is a more direct route to and from BGC if you reside in Pasig and choose the route to/from BGC via Pasig/Shaw Boulevard.

This new bridge reduce travel time from Bonifacio Global City in Taguig to Ortigas Center in Pasig from the usual 45 minutes to 1 hour to just 12 minutes.

The new bridge is estimated to take at least 25% of the vehicle volume from both EDSA and C5, amounting to roughly 72,000 vehicles daily.

The bridge, which costs PhP1.793-billion, is funded by the government’s General Appropriations Fund.

When the BGC ORTIGAS Bridge was opened to traffic on June 12, 2021, the lack of pedestrian access being immediately available upon its opening was criticized online. Furthermore, observations noted that pedestrians were also being forced to use several flights of stairs located on both ends of the bridge instead of being able to walk along the bridge from end to end.


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