The Central Spine Road 2 or Malacca Strait Bridge (
Indonesian: ''Jembatan Selat Malaka'',
Malaysian
Malaysian may refer to:
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: ''Jambatan Selat Melaka'' or ''JSM'' and ''Jembatan Selmal'') is a proposed bridge that would connect
Teluk Gong, near
Masjid Tanah, Malacca in
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...
to
Rupat Island and
Dumai in
Sumatra island, Indonesia. The project has been submitted for government approval, and is expected to take 10 years to complete. Once completed, the bridge will be the
longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The project will have two
cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...
s 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.
Timeline
* 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'.
* On 15 October 2013, the
Malacca State Government revived the controversial Malacca-Dumai, Indonesia, bridge project across the Straits of Malacca, after a seven-year lull. The
Exim Bank of China
The Export–Import Bank of China (Chexim - China Exim Bank) () is one of two institutional banks in China chartered to implement the state policies in industry, foreign trade, economy, and foreign aid to other developing countries, and provi ...
was reportedly prepared to fund up to 85% of the cost of the project (estimated at US$14 billion) with the rest of the financing being provided from regional sovereign funds and private investors.
[Yong Yen Nie and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja,]
China's EXIM bank to fund most of Malacca-Indonesia bridge project'
''The Jakarta Post'' 18 October 2013.
Image:Selat Malaka.png, Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean (east) with Indian Ocean (west)
Image:Map of the Strait of Malacca-de.jpg, The region around the Strait of Malacca
See also
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Singapore Strait crossing
The Singapore Strait crossing is a proposed tunnel, bridge or combination of the two spanning the Singapore Strait and linking Singapore with the Riau archipelago of Indonesia, most likely with the island of Batam. In the early 1990s the Riau Islan ...
References
Bridges in Malaysia
Bridges in Indonesia
Cable-stayed bridges in Indonesia
Proposed bridges in Malaysia
Proposed bridges in Indonesia
Toll bridges in Malaysia
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