Malacca Strait Bridge

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Malacca Straits Bridge
Route information
Length48 km (30 mi)
Major junctions
Northeast endMalaysia Teluk Gong
Masjid Tanah, Malacca
Southwest endIndonesia , Rupat Island
Dumai, Riau
Highway system
Malacca Strait Bridge

Jembatan Selat Malaka (Indonesian)
Jambatan Selat Melaka (Malaysian)
Coordinates2°15′N 101°45′E / 2.25°N 101.75°E / 2.25; 101.75
CarriesMotor vehicles
CrossesStrait of Malacca
Locale (Dupat), Indonesia

(TMA), Malaysia
Official nameMalacca Strait Bridge
Maintained by--
Characteristics
Designcable-stayed bridges (two)
suspension bridge (one)
Total length48 km
Width--
Longest span--
History
DesignerGovernment of Malaysia
Government of Indonesia
(Malaysia)
Opening17 August 2025
Statistics
TollYes
Location

The Malacca Strait Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Selat Malaka, Malaysian: Jambatan Selat Melaka or JSM and Jembatan Selmal) is a proposed bridge that would connect Teluk Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca state in Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia to Rupat Island and Dumai in Sumatra island, Indonesia.[1] The project has been submitted for government approval, and is expected to take 10 years to complete. Once completed, the 48-kilometre-long (30 mi) bridge will be the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The project will have two cable-stayed bridges and one suspension bridge, both the longest in the world.

The construction of a bridge of this kind would have numerous implications, including for the management of ship movements through the Malacca Straits, one of the busiest shipping channels in the world.[2]

Timeline[]

Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean (east) with Indian Ocean (west)
The region around the Strait of Malacca
  • In March 2013 during a visit to China, Germany, Russia and Japan, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia said that the construction of the planned Sunda Strait Bridge would have priority. He said that four years earlier he had turned down a request from Malaysia to support the construction of the Malacca Strait Bridge because the construction of such a bridge would facilitate the depletion of resources in Sumatra 'by Asia'.[3]
  • On 15 October 2013, the Malacca State Government revived the controversial 48 km-long Malacca-Dumai, Indonesia, bridge project across the Straits of Malacca, after a seven-year lull.[4] The Exim Bank of China was reportedly prepared to fund up to 85% of the cost of the project (estimated at around US$14 billion) with the rest of the financing being provided from regional sovereign funds and private investors.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 'Plans for bridge between Malacca, Dumai', New Straits Times, 20 December 2010
  2. ^ Mohd Hazmi bin Mohd Rusli, 'Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Ensuring Safe Navigation' Archived 27 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, RSIS Commentaries, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, No 131/2011, Singapore, 13 September 2011.
  3. ^ 'Presiden: JSS Sangat Strategic,' (President: JSS is very strategic) Suara Pembaruan, 6 March 2013.
  4. ^ Malacca revives straits bridge project The Star, 15 October 2013
  5. ^ Yong Yen Nie and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, 'China's EXIM bank to fund most of Malacca-Indonesia bridge project', The Jakarta Post 18 October 2013.
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Coordinates: 2°15′N 101°45′E / 2.250°N 101.750°E / 2.250; 101.750

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