DAVAO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 11 (DPWH-11) said Wednesday the 800-meter flyover bridge project in Panabo City, Davao del Norte will be opened to vehicles starting Thursday, six months after it was completed to ease traffic congestion in the city.
DPWH 11 Public Affairs and Information Officer Dean Ortiz said in an interview that the flyover bridge project was pursued in Panabo after the local government noticed that there was rising traffic volume of vehicles along Daang Maharlika Highway during peak hours, resulting in heavy congestion.

The construction of the P89.9-million flyover bridge project, funded by a grant from the French government, was started in November 2018, and was completed in January 2020, according to Ortiz.
He added the construction was implemented in two phases. The first phase involved the laying of bridge substructures, road widening, and drainage components by the agency’s district engineering office in the province, while the second phase included the construction of the bridge undertaken by the DPWH Unified Project Management Office–Bridges Management Cluster.

Ortiz said the flyover bridge was a double lane modular steel bridge, with five spans and four piers with a total length of 195.591 meters and 300-meter approaches on each abutment.