Replica of San Juanico Bridge Connected from Samar to Leyte

Abstract

San Juanico Bridge, “Tulay ng San Juanico” in Filipino, is an art of the Pan-Philippine highway that stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait. Its longest length is of a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers and its main span is of arc-shaped truss design. This bridge connects Samar to Leyte, making these provinces economically alive by making transportation possible for businessmen and consumers as well. This study was conducted to help future researchers and admire the researchers' style in the field of engineering. The research method of design utilized in this study is quantitative analysis. The participants of the study were limited to 20 (twenty) Fourth Year Engineering Students and 25 (twenty-five) Grade 12 STEM Students who assessed the level of acceptability of the Replica of San Juanico Bridge in terms of construction materials, procedural methodology, presentation, and feasibility. The summary of the assessments of the two groups of respondents obtained a composite mean of 4.06 as Highly Acceptable from the Engineering Students and 4.12 as Highly Acceptable from the Grade 12 STEM students. In terms of the Construction Materials, Engineering Students' responses got 4.22 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable while STEM Students' responses got 4.17 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable. In terms of Procedural Methodology, Engineering Students got a 3.99 mark and interpreted as Highly Acceptable while STEM Students got a 4.29 mark and interpreted as Highly Acceptable. In terms of the Presentation, Engineering Students got 4.03 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable while STEM Students got 3.97 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable. In terms of the Feasibility, Engineering Students got 3.99 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable while STEM Students got 4.03 and interpreted as Highly Acceptable. The results can be forwarded to improve the project such as to use alternative materials for the bridge to make it more durable, to utilize continuous thread instead of cutting strings to make the construction easier, to add more details such as a water-like surface of the base to make it more presentable, and lastly, to put lights to make it look better.