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New Clarin Bridge in Bohol opens to traffic

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The new Clarin Bridge in Loay Bohol. JICA Philippines handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/22/clarin-bridge.jpg"/><figcaption>The new Clarin Bridge in Loay Bohol. <em>JICA Philippines handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The newly built bridge replacing the old Clarin Bridge in Loay, Bohol that collapsed in April has been opened to traffic, officials said Wednesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/27/22/lumang-tulay-sa-bohol-bumagsak-4-patay">Lumang tulay sa Bohol, bumagsak; 4 patay</a></li></ul><p>The new bridge, which is a P501.87 million loan project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is built a few meters parallel to the collapsed bridge.</p><p>It is located near the bank of Loboc River, one of Bohol&#x27;s major tourist attraction.</p><p>The bridge spans 104 meters with a &quot;Nielsen arch superstructure,&quot; with its designed based on a bridge in Metro Manila.</p><p>Construction of the new bridge started in 2018 but was delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The old Clarin Bridge, which was built in the 1970s, collapsed in April, killing 4 people.</p><p>Before its collapse, it had undergone retrofitting after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Bohol and other parts of the Visayas in 2013.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/10/15/13/magnitude-72-quake-hits-bohol-usgs">Magnitude 7.2 quake jolts VisMin; at least 20 dead</a></li></ul><div><strong>— report from Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2016483" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The newly built bridge replacing the old Clarin Bridge in Loay, Bohol that collapsed in April has been opened to traffic, officials said Wednesday.