DPWH advises Bicol travelers of rerouting near CamSur bridge

Motorists and commuters passing through Daang Maharlika in Pili, Camarines Sur may have to follow a rerouting scheme as the bridge there has been closed, the Department of Public Works and Highways said Wednesday.

 

In an advisory, the DPWH said the old two-lane San Jose Bridge in Barangay San Jose in Pili was closed to vehicular traffic last Feb. 15 for "replacement works."

 

Under the traffic management plan for the construction of the new San Jose bridge, three routes were identified. These include:
 

 

The San Fernando–Minalabac–Bula–Pili Road is open to all vehicles and starts from the intersection of Daang Maharlika at K0427+000.

 

It crosses Barangays Grijalvo, Beberon, Lupi (San Fernando); Barangays Antipolo, Hobo (Minalabac); Barangays Sto. Nino, Ombao, Panoypoyan, San Roque, Sto. Domingo (Bula); out to junction of Daang Maharlika at K0454+200, Pawili (Pili), and vice-versa.

 

The Milaor–Minalabac–Pili Road allows light vehicles only due to a 100 lineal meter one-lane road section in Malitbog.

 

It starts from the intersection of Daang Maharlika at K0432+900 passing Barangays Amparado, Borongborongan (Milaor); Barangays San Francisco, Malitbog, Mataoroc (Minalabac); and Barangays Tagbong, out to the junction of Daang Maharlika at K0450+900, San Isidro (Pili, Camarines Sur), and vice-versa.

 

The Palestina–Minalabac–Pili Road is also limited to light vehicles due to the one-lane road section in Malitbog.

 

It runs from the intersection of Daang Maharlika at K0443+500 to Barangays Palestina, San Antonio of Pili; Barangay Maydaso (Milaor); Barangays Malitbog, Mataoroc of (Minalabac); Barangay Tagbong, out to the junction of San Isidro(K0450+900) (Pili), and vice-versa.

 

Earlier, the DPWH Camarines Sur second district engineering office reported to DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson it had issued traffic advisories along Daang Maharlika.

 

Bridge expansion

 

The DPWH said the old two-lane bridge will be expanded into four lanes, with a length of 65.25 lineal meters and with a width of 16.84 lineal meters.

 

The project will cost P82.577 million, and is scheduled for completion in 280 days. — RSJ, GMA News