Here’s an old photo of the steel bridge (now Ysalina Bridge) in Cagayan de Oro courtesy of the National Archives Catalog, which could have been taken sometime between the late 1940s to the early 1950s after its reconstruction. The said bridge was destroyed in 1942 by retreating United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) to delay the advance of the Japanese. Photo was taken from present-day Duaw Park.

National Archives Catalog

Here’s an aerial photo of steel bridge that was destroyed during the war.


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