Bunting Island Bridge is a bridge that connects
Bunting Island to mainland
Yan,
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
state,
Malaysia
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. The bridge was built by the
Malaysian Public Works Department
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(JKR) while the main contractor was
Gamuda Berhad
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.
History
It was constructed between 2002 and 2005.
The bridge remains underused and has become a white elephant project. As Bunting Island is uninhabited, the project has been widely criticised for serving no purpose while incurring a cost of RM 120 million.
The disenchantment of the locals remains unknown to the rest of the country.
Features
It is a × sea crossing consisting of a bridge, a causeway connecting Bunting Island to the bridge and a causeway connecting mainland Kedah to the bridge. The bridge is an arch cable-stayed bridge with a main suspended span of 80 m in length and approach spans of precast concrete box beams with spans of 30 m in length. The causeways have fill embankments on piled foundations with rock armouring.
See also
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Bridge to nowhere
A bridge to nowhere is a bridge where one or both ends are broken, incomplete, or unconnected to any roads. If it is an overpass or an interchange, the term overpass to nowhere or interchange to nowhere may be used respectively.
Origins
Th ...
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Unused highway
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White elephant
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References
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External links
Bunting Island Bridge ( Jambatan Pulau Bunting )Bunting Island Bridge at WikiMapia.org
Bridges completed in 2005
Bridges in Kedah
Tied arch bridges
2005 establishments in Malaysia
Yan District
Bridges to nowhere