Macapagal Bridge (Filipino: Tulay ng Macapagal) is a steel cable-stayed bridge along Mayor Democrito D. Plaza II Avenue (also known as the Butuan Bypass Road) in Butuan, Agusan del Norte that crosses the Agusan River.
[1] In August 2000, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation included the Second Magsaysay Bridge and the Butuan Bypass Road in its Special Yen (ODA) Loan Scheme worth JP¥ 34,723 million, along with the New Iloilo Airport Development Project and the Subic Bay Port Development Project.
TOA Corporation was responsible for constructing the single main pylon made of reinforced concrete, the foundations to support the bridge superstructure, and all civil works for the road section.
[5] Almost a month after, on May 3, 2007, the bridge was formally inaugurated during a ceremony led by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan, who represented President Arroyo.
Also present during the inauguration are Akiri Sugiyama, economic minister of the Embassy of Japan in Manila, who represented Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Ryuchiro Yamazaki; DPWH Assistant Secretary Rafael Yabut; Mindanao Economic Development Council Assistant Secretary Jose Aquino II; Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) chief representative Hiroshi Togo; Agusan del Norte First District Representative Leovigildo Banaag; and Japanese engineers from TOA Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation and Katahira International.
The Butuan Bypass Road which the bridge carries across the Agusan River was completed in 2011 and opened to vehicular traffic the following year.
With the opening of the Macapagal Bridge, travel time between Libertad and Tiniwisan districts of the city was reduced to 13 minutes.