Manado-Bitung Toll Road is a toll road that connects
Manado
Manado () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 Census giving a population of 451,916 distributed over a land area of 162.53 km2.Badan Pu ...
and
Bitung, two largest cities of
North Sulawesi
North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...
province in the island of
Sulawesi,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. This toll road serves as the main access road to Bitung Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Bitung International Hub Port.
This toll road is expected to boost economic growth in Manado, North Minahasa, and Bitung. This toll road will also boost tourism as it will enable easy accessibility to various tourist attractions in Sulawesi including the Rumah Alam Manado Adventure Park, Kima Atas waterfall, Lembeh Mangrove forest, Tangkoko National Park, Gunung Dua Saudara, and other beaches.
The toll road was inaugurated by President
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elit ...
on 25
February, 2022 after completion of all sections
Sections
This toll road is divided into four sections,
namely
*Section 1A (Manado-Sukur Ring Road) is 7.9 km
*Section 1B (Sukur-Air Madidi) is 7 km
*Section 2A (Airmadidi-Danowudu) is 11.5 km
*Section 2B (Danowudu-Bitung) is 13.5 km
Toll gates
See also
*
Transport in Indonesia
References
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Toll roads in Indonesia
Transport in North Sulawesi
Transport in Sulawesi