NLEX Corp. announced Friday that all lanes of Bulacan’s Meycauayan and Bigaa bridges are now open, following the completion of the rehabilitation of both bridges.
“Despite some restrictions caused by the ongoing pandemic and the challenges brought by inclement weather conditions and doing works in live traffic, we’re happy to announce that works in Meycauayan and Bigaa bridges are now completed ahead of schedule to provide motorists with safer and smoother travel,” J. Luigi L. Bautista, president and general manager of NLEX Corp., said in an e-mailed statement.
The tollways company said that it replaced the girders and slabs of the 1960s’-built 45-meter Meycauayan and 64-meter Bigaa bridges to improve their serviceability.
The rehabilitated bridges are seen to enhance the safety and mobility of motorists.
The rehabilitation of the Meycauayan bridge was expected to be completed this month, while the completion of the rehabilitation of the other bridge was expected in August.
NLEX Corp. operates two major expressways that link Metro Manila to North and Central Luzon: North Luzon Expressway and Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway.
NLEX Corp. is part of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., the tollway unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). MPIC is one of three key Philippine units of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., the others being Philex Mining Corp. and PLDT Inc.
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