Don Chino Roces Bridge (Manila)

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Bridge ID: B01772LZ
Km. 2 + 846
Length: 11 meters
Load limit: 20 tons

Mendiola Bridge, or to use its new name Don Chino Roces Bridge, has long been a venue of choice for ralliers inveighing against the incumbent President.

The bridge was renamed after Don Chino Roces to honor him for being an advocate of free speech and one of the leaders of the groups protesting the strong man rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. They often held rallies on the bridge and had experienced many “cannonization” there or in the vicinity courtesy of the fire department during the Marcos regime.

For protesters, Mendiola Bridge is an ideal rally site. It is within viewing distance of Gate 3 of Malacañang. The gate seen from Mendiola is the same gate which ralliers in the late ’60s rammed with a commandeered fire truck when they tried to storm Malacañang during a rally held at the bridge.