Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge
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Coordinates: 6°6′59.2″N 102°13′41.9″E / 6.116444°N 102.228306°E
Sungai Kelantan Bridge Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra جمبتن سلطان يحي ڤيترا | |
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Coordinates | 6°06′58″N 102°13′41″E / 6.116°N 102.228°E |
Carries | Motor vehicles, Pedestrians |
Crosses | Kelantan River |
Locale | Wakaf Bharu-Kota Bharu-Kubang Kerian Highway |
Official name | Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge |
Maintained by | Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Kota Bharu |
Characteristics | |
Design | arch bridge |
Total length | 2,800-foot |
Width | -- |
Longest span | -- |
History | |
Designer | Government of Malaysia Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) |
Constructed by | Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) |
Opened | 1967 |
Location | |
The Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra; Jawi: جمبتن سلطان يحي ڤيترا) is a major bridge in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia crossing Kelantan River. Construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1967, by renowned builder Kien Huat Private Limited, a family firm of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. It was opened on 1967 by the late Sultan of Kelantan. Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim.[1] The bridge was originally a toll bridge making the first toll bridge in Malaysia.
Current developments[]
Construction of the Sultan Yahya Petra Second Bridge[]
The Sultan Yahya Petra Second Bridge project consists of a pair of bridges built at the left and right of the original bridge and a 1-km flyover built on top of the existing Federal Route 3. Construction began on 2009 and was completed in 2012. The bridge becomes the only triple-carriageway bridge in the country, where the original bridge remains as a two-way bridge, while the new bridges constructed at both sides of the original bridge carry one-way traffic each.
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- (in Malay) Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra ditutup
- Bridges in Kelantan
- Bridges completed in 1967
- 1967 establishments in Malaysia
- Former toll bridges in Malaysia
- Asian bridge (structure) stubs
- Malaysian building and structure stubs
- Malaysia transport stubs