PASIG RIVER BRIDGE OF LRT-1 [In Picture the SOUTH PIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION] From antiquity the big Cities around the world , were built around navigable rivers, which granted natural secure haven for ships moorings and the capacity to bring goods and heavy loads directly to the hearth of cities, Rome was built on the Tiber, Pisa and Florence on the Arno River, London on the Thames River, New York on the Hudson River, Washington on Potomac, Shanghai on the Yellow river, Paris over the Sein River : Manila was built around the Pasig River. The LRT-1 Bridge over Pasig River was the last work of LRT-1 to be executed, because of the many requirements to be satisfied by the Design of the Bridges’ Foundations, by the Pile Caps’ Special Requirements , including Mass , Orientation and Protection against Impacts by the Large cargo Barges descending the river at speed during Floods The Pasig River is a navigable water way, with intense traffic of Cargo Barges & Fuel tank barges. The LRT-1 Bridge intersects Pasig River at the entrance of a sharp curve, which required a design of the Piers’ positions and orientation such that would not interfere with the passage of the heavy large barges both self propelled and pulled by tug-boats, passing thru the Pasig River. From the Position of the 2 river piers depended also the Design of the 3 spans bridge’s superstructure Foundation Specialists as Member and Manager of the JV which was awarded the redesign of the Structural Deep Foundations and of the Piers of LRT-1, including the formulation of the Seismic Design Protocol for the whole structure, requested by the Insurance Companies of the Belgian Consortium of Industries which Financed, Supplied and Supervised the Construction of LRT-1.

PASIG RIVER BRIDGE OF LRT-1

METRO MANILA