| Bridge Name: | Guadalupe Bridge |
| Native Name Lang: | fil |
| Carries: | 10 lanes of, vehicular traffic and pedestrians |
| Crosses: | Pasig River |
| Locale: | Makati and Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Maint: | Department of Public Works and Highways and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
| Design: | Girder bridge (outer bridges) Tied-arch bridge (inner bridge) |
| Length: | Inner bridge: 135m (443feet) Outer bridges: 114.44m (375.46feet) |
| Width: | Inner bridge: 9.1m (29.9feet) |
| Load: | Outer bridges: |
| Lanes: | 10 (5 per outer bridge) |
| Num Track: | Double-track |
| Electrification: | Yes; through 750 V DC overhead lines |
| Builder: | Umali-Pajara Construction Company (outer bridges) EEI Corporation (inner bridge) |
| Begin: | 1962 or 1963 |
| Complete: | 1966 1974 (widening) 1979 (two outer lanes) |
| Inaugurated: | 1999 (inner bridge) |
| Traffic: | 220,000 vehicles (2013)[1] |
| Preceded: | Estrella–Pantaleon Bridge |
| Followed: | BGC-Ortigas Center Bridge |
| Coordinates: | 14.5685°N 121.046°W |
The Guadalupe Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Pasig River in Metro Manila, the Philippines, linking the cities of Makati and Mandaluyong. It serves as a conduit for EDSA and the MRT Line 3.
The modern-day Guadalupe Bridge, which is part of EDSA, consists of an inner bridge and two outer bridges.[2]
Plans to finalize the then-partially opened Highway 54 (now EDSA) and link the north and south banks of the Pasig River were conceived in the 1950s.[3] The bridge was originally a narrow bridge that underwent replacement in the 1960s. Construction began in 1962 or 1963 and was finished on November 23, 1966.[4] [5] It was later widened beginning in 1974.
The two outer bridges were constructed in 1979 with Umali-Pajara Construction Company as its general contractor. The length of the bridge from its two abutments is 114.44m (375.46feet).[6] The outer bridges have 10 lanes in total and a junction at the Makati side of the bridge connects to J. P. Rizal Avenue. Each outer bridge is around 18.7m (61.4feet) in width, has 5 lanes that are 3.35m (10.99feet) each and a 1.2sp=usNaNsp=us pedestrian sidewalk near the railings.[7] Located on its median of the road bridge is the Guadalupe station of EDSA Carousel, which began operations in 2020.[8]
A separate but unconnected tied-arch rail bridge of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 exists above the road bridge. The rail bridge, which hovers above the road bridge and constructed by the EEI Corporation, has a length of 135m (443feet) and a width of 9.1m (29.9feet).[9]
According to a December 2013 report by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Guadalupe Bridge has the highest traffic volume among 12 main bridges in Metro Manila,[10] with 220,000 vehicles crossing the bridge daily.[7]
By 2016, the bridge has been identified as one of the structures expected to collapse following a hypothetical strong earthquake in Metro Manila.[11] Major repairs were done on the bridge in 2019.[12]
The outer bridges were replaced by three-span steel deck box girders while the inner bridge assessed by JICA to be in good condition was retrofitted.[2] The pedestrian sidewalk was expanded to 1.5m (04.9feet) while the outer bridges continued to have 10 lanes in total.[13]
Retrofitting works on the bridge, funded by JICA, are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2024.[14]