Jones Bridge (Manila)

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Km. 002 + 094
Length: 300 meters
Load limit: 20 tons

The William A. Jones Memorial Bridge commonly known as the Jones Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Pasig River in the City of Manila, which connects Binondo (Chinatown) to the civic center in Ermita. It replaces the Puente de Espana (Bridge of Spain) or Puente Grande, the first bridge ever built in the country in 1623. It was deemed as "irrepairable" the Americans on 1916 and so a new bridge was constructed one block to its west.

It was named Atkinson Jones, a member of the U.S. Congress and chairman of the Insular Affairs Committee who sponsored the Philippine Autonomy Act in 1916. Jones Bridge was once hailed as Manila's queen of the bridges but it was destroyed by the Japanese Forces to prevent the American Military and Filipino forces from crossing the river.