Permas Jaya Bridge

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Permas Jaya Bridge Jambatan Permas Jaya جمبتن ڤرمس جاي
Coordinates	1°29′45″N 103°47′52″E / 1.4959°N 103.7979°E / 1.4959; 103.7979
Carries	Motor vehicles, Pedestrians
Crosses	Tebrau River and Pelentong River
Locale	Johor Bahru East Coast Highway, Plentong
Official name	Permas Jaya Bridge
Maintained by	Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Johor Bahru Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB)
Characteristics
Design	arch bridge
Total length	1.5 km
Width	--
Longest span	--
History
Designer	(BRDB)
Constructed by	Permas Jaya Bridge 1992-1994 (BRDB) Second Permas Jaya Bridge 2008-2012 Government of Malaysia Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)
Opened	1994
Location

Permas Jaya Bridge or Jambatan Permas Jaya (Jawi: جمبتن ڤرمس جاي) is a river bridge in arch shape in Plentong, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The bridge crosses Tebrau River and Plentong River. The bridge is built to shorten the travel distance between Bandar Baru Permas Jaya to Johor bahru city area from 18 km (estimated) to 6 km (estimated). The bridge was once the longest Arch bridge in Southeast Asia in 1994, which is about 1.5 km long.

History[]

The construction of the bridge was proposed when Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, a new neighborhood town was first launched by the property company (BRDB) in 1984, however, the bridge was only completed in 1994.

The new second Permas Jaya Bridge[]

The construction of the new second Permas Jaya Bridge was proposed in 2006 under the Iskandar Development Region plan. Construction started on February 2008.

The bridge was completed and opened to road users on 1 March 2012.

See also[]

• Permas Jaya

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