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The&nbsp;William A. Jones Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the&nbsp;Jones Bridge, is an arched&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girder_bridge" title="Girder bridge">girder bridge</a>&nbsp;that spans the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasig_River" title="Pasig River">Pasig River</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">City of Manila</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. It is named after the United States&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">legislator</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atkinson_Jones" title="William Atkinson Jones">William Atkinson Jones</a>, who served as the chairman of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Insular_Affairs" title="Department of Public Works and Highways">U.S. Insular Affairs House Committee</a>&nbsp;which had previously exercised jurisdiction over the Philippines and the principal author of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Law_(Philippines)" title="Jones Law (Philippines)">Jones Law</a>&nbsp;that gave the country legislative autonomy from the United States. Built to replace the historic&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Puente de España">Puente de Espa&ntilde;a</a>&nbsp;(Bridge of Spain) in the 1910s, the bridge connects Quintin Paredes Road at the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binondo" title="Binondo">Binondo</a>&nbsp;district to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padre_Burgos_Avenue" title="Padre Burgos Avenue">Padre Burgos Avenue</a>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermita" title="Ermita">Ermita</a>&nbsp;district.

Originally designed by Filipino architect&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_M._Arellano" title="">Juan M. Arellano</a>&nbsp;using&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical architecture</a>, the first incarnation of the bridge features three arches resting on two heavy piers, adorned by faux-stone and concrete ornaments, as well as four sculptures on concrete&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinth" title="Plinth">plinths</a>&nbsp;allegorically representing motherhood and nationhood. The original bridge was destroyed during the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>&nbsp;by retreating Japanese troops and was reconstructed in 1946 by the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Highway_Administration" title="Federal Highway Administration">U.S.</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Public_Works_and_Highways" title="">Philippine public works</a>. The reconstructed bridge retained the three arches and two piers but removed all of the ornaments. The bridge was first partially restored in 1998. In 2019, the City Government of Manila began a rehabilitation project to &quot;restore&quot; the Jones Bridge to its near-original design using&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts architecture</a>&nbsp;similar to that of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Alexandre_III" title="Pont Alexandre III">Pont Alexandre III</a>&nbsp;in Paris and the return of the three original sculptures.

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The William A. Jones Memorial Bridge is a bridge that spans the Pasig river in the Philippines connecting the Manila area of Binondo on Quintin paredes and ermita. That span was considered as the oldest established in the Philippines.

The William A. Jones Memorial Bridge is a bridge that spans the Pasig river in the Philippines connecting the Manila area of Binondo on Quintin paredes and ermita. That span was considered as the oldest established in the Philippines.

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William A. Jones Memorial Bridge