On September 19, 1968, Cebu Governor Rene G. Espina, then Acting Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, met with Danao Mayor Beatriz Durano, Samboan Mayor Beatriz Calderon, Mandaue Mayor Demetrio Cortez, and S.C. Shangkuan, the bridge's contractor in Malacañang Palace to discuss with then-President Ferdinand Marcos, about the construction of the bridge.

[3] The bridge is popularly claimed to be designed and created solely by Filipino engineers.

To formally recognize the renaming of the bridge, on 22 January 2020, then Cebu City Representative Raul del Mar filed House Bill No.

This bridge sits astride the northern end of the Mactan Channel, which is a gateway to the Cebu International Port which is managed by the Cebu Port Authority, where about 80% of domestic and international shipping operators and shipbuilders in the Philippines are located.

Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan is accessed via the Basak–Marigondon Road, which intersects with the Manuel L. Quezon National Highway.