Bamban Bridge
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The Banban Bridge is a highway bridge in Central Luzon, Philippines, which is part of the MacArthur Highway (N2).
The bridge was constructed from 1996 to 1998, as part of the rehabilitation efforts on MacArthur Highway, following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It replaced the old bridge that was destroyed during the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
It is one of the longest basket handle Nielsen-Lohse bridges in the world spanning a 174 meters (571 ft) long and is one of the first of its kind in the Philippines.
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