San Juanico Strait is a narrow strait in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It separates the islands of Samar and Leyte. At its narrowest point, the strait is only 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, said to be the narrowest strait in the world. It is crossed by the San Juanico Bridge

San Juanico Bridge

The San Juanico Bridge, part of the Pan-Philippine Highway, stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design. With a total length of ,...

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The HVDC Leyte - Luzon

HVDC Leyte - Luzon

The HVDC Leyte–Luzon is a high voltage direct current transmission link in the Philippines between geothermal power plants on the island of Leyte and the southern part of island of Luzon. The HVDC Leyte – Luzon went in service on 10 August 1998....

powerline crosses San Juanico Strait as overhead line at 11°23′36"N 124°59′04"E with a tower on an ininhibitated island in the strait.