Mactan Island Visitors Guide - Discover The Philippines

🌉 Mactan Bridge (First Mactan–Mandaue Bridge) The Mactan–Mandaue Bridge, commonly called the Mactan Bridge, is the first bridge that connected Mactan Island (where Lapu-Lapu City and Mactan-Cebu International Airport are) to Mandaue City in mainland Cebu. How it started • Before the bridge (pre-1970s): Mactan Island was accessible only by boats and ferries, which made travel and trade between Cebu mainland and Mactan slow and inconvenient. • Construction: Due to Cebu’s growing economy and the n

Mactan island expansion fuels Cebu economic evolution