page_title: Puente de España
section_title: Puente Grande
hierarchical_section_title: Puente de España / Puente Grande
caption_attribution_description: English: The Puente Grande (Great Bridge) spanning Pasig River in Manila, Philippines. A sketch by Fernando Brambila in 1794 as a member of the Malaspina Expedition.
context_page_description: The Puente de España, or the Bridge of Spain, was a bridge that spanned the Pasig River in the Philippines, connecting the areas of Binondo and Santa Cruz on Calle Nueva with central Manila. The span was the oldest established in the country before it was damaged by flood in 1914. The bridge was replaced by the Jones Bridge that was started in 1916 and completed in 1921, located one block downriver from Puente de España on Calle Rosario.
context_section_description: The first bridge to ever cross the Pasig River was the Puente Grande, a ten-span bridge opened in 1630 by the Spanish colonial government. Work on the bridge started in 1626 under the rule of Spanish Governor Fernando de Silva who reported that the city had decided to build a stone bridge over the river. The beam bridge connected Intramuros and with the business district of Binondo, making the travel across easier and faster than the ferry service that existed before.  The bridge was completed in 1630, under the rule of Juan Niño de Tabora.  The bridge was built without cost to the treasury, as the Sangleys (Chinese) had paid for it as it relieved them of ferryboat charges.
caption: The Puente Grande with wooden superstructure spanning Pasig River as sketched in 1794 by Fernando Brambila, a member of the Malaspina Expedition.
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