Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has showed the new design of the Panguil Bay Bridge located in Northern Mindanao.

The design and construction of the P7.38 billion Panguil Bay Bridge in Northern Mindanao has been fast-tracked based on a statement released by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in August.

Once the 3.7 kilometer bridge is completed it will connect Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and the town of Tubod in Lanao del Norte.

The bridge is expected to cut travel time between the two areas to seven minutes from the previous two and a half hours.

“Panguil Bay Bridge is a realization of the promise to make Filipinos even more connected by building a mega bridge that will provide convenient inter-island travel in the archipelagic topography of Northern Mindanao,” Villar said.

Construction of the bridge may start first quarter of 2021 according to the DPWH.

The bridge is poised to be the longest in the Philippines. It will surpass the length of San Juanico Bridge in Eastern Visayas which is 2.17 kilometers long.