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00:16.8
A bridge o tulay sa Pilipino.
00:30.0
Ay napakasimbolik.
00:31.6
We can see this as a way to connect two places,
00:34.3
two ideas, or two moments in time.
00:37.1
Ako po si Carlos Eldran at tawirin natin
00:39.0
ang mga makasaysayang tulay ng Maynila
00:41.4
on this episode of Kwentong Kanto.
00:45.9
Ang pagkatayo ng tulay across the Pasig River
00:49.2
ay nagsimula ng panahon ng Kastila.
00:51.3
Bago nun, Filipinos used to use small boats
00:54.1
to cross from one side to the other.
00:56.4
In their desire to establish a fixed bridge
00:59.2
and a permanent system of governance,
01:01.1
the Spanish made a priority
01:02.7
to build bridges around the archipelago
01:04.8
as a permanent and safe way
01:07.0
to access one community to the other.
01:09.9
Nagsimula ang pagkatayo ng mga tulay dito sa Maynila
01:12.5
ng mga Spanish friars.
01:14.5
Pero hindi sila professional.
01:16.3
They were not trained engineers.
01:18.4
So they got a lot of their drawings
01:20.6
and a lot of their designs
01:22.0
from Renaissance techniques
01:24.0
that they found in books.
01:26.3
Soon after, pinalit ang mga fraile
01:28.4
ng train engineers.
01:29.0
ng train engineers.
01:29.2
ng train engineers na nanggaling sa Espanya.
01:31.8
This resulted in the establishment
01:33.6
by Royal Decree na 1866
01:36.0
of the Inspección General de Obras Publicas
01:39.0
or the General Board of Public Works.
01:42.1
Mula noon, sunod-sunod na
01:43.5
ang pagkatayo ng mga tulay
01:47.0
Isa sa mga ito ay ang Puente Grande
01:48.9
or the Great Bridge,
01:50.4
a seven-arch bridge built in 1632.
01:53.4
It was the first bridge that connected
01:55.1
Intramuros to Binondo.
01:57.0
The Puente Grande was located
02:00.7
now known as the E.T. Uchenco Street.
02:03.5
This bridge was renovated several times
02:05.5
after its stone foundations
02:06.9
were heavily damaged by earthquakes.
02:11.5
nagbago ang pangalan ng Puente Grande
02:14.7
or Bridge of Spain
02:16.2
after a new bridge was built
02:18.1
after an earthquake hit the old one.
02:20.8
It was still built in the same location
02:22.6
where the Puente Grande was.
02:25.3
Pero ngayon, mas malaki ang Puente España
02:28.1
and it was built in 1863.
02:28.8
Big enough to accommodate
02:30.1
horse carriages and carabaos.
02:32.6
Ang Puente España ngayon
02:34.0
ay merong six spans of masonry
02:36.8
at dalawang central arches
02:40.5
At nang dumating ang mga Amerikano
02:42.1
in the 20th century,
02:43.8
the Puente España was severely damaged
02:45.8
by a flood in 1914.
02:48.2
The American government decided
02:49.9
to reconstruct the bridge in 1916
02:51.9
in a location one block down away
02:54.1
from its original location.
02:56.3
Today, it connects Cali Rosario,
02:58.3
known as Quintana Roo,
02:58.7
and Quintin Paredes
03:01.0
on the other side of the Pasig River.
03:03.7
Nagbago din ang pangalan ng bridge
03:05.4
at ngayon, ang pangalan ay Jones Bridge
03:07.7
in honor of Virginia Representative
03:09.6
Congressman William Atkinson Jones.
03:12.2
Siya ang principal otor
03:13.5
ng Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916,
03:16.7
a law that advocated
03:17.9
full independence of our country.
03:21.1
Ang arkitekto ng Jones Bridge ngayon
03:23.0
ay isang Pilipino
03:24.1
na ang pangalan ay Juan Arellano,
03:26.4
isang national artist
03:31.4
Si Arkitek Aneliano din
03:32.8
ay ang arkitekto ng post office building,
03:35.5
Metropolitan Theater,
03:36.8
at ang dating US Embassy.
03:39.2
Sadly, the Jones Bridge
03:40.7
was destroyed at the end of the Second World War
03:42.9
and it was rebuilt under the
03:44.4
Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1945
03:47.1
in a much simpler design.
03:49.9
Finally, in 1996,
03:51.5
the bridge was renovated
03:52.4
to the design that you see today.
03:54.3
Kind of resembling the old one,
03:58.7
And we can see, hanggang ngayon,
04:00.7
the Queen of Bridges,
04:02.7
the majestic Jones Bridge still stands
04:04.7
as a symbol of hope for a better Manila.
04:06.7
Ako po si Carlos Celdrán
04:08.7
and I'll see you on the next episode
04:10.7
of Kwentong Kanto.
