The Palu IV Bridge (Palu 4 Bridge) was an Indonesian

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

that was located in city of

Palu Palu, officially known as the City of Palu ( Indonesian: ''Kota Palu''), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. Palu is located on the northwestern coast of Sulawesi and borders Donggala Regency to the north ...

in the

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Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The provin ...

. It spanned the

Palu River The Palu River (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Sungai Palu'') is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. Hydrology The river flows through the city of Palu, with 41% of ...

, directly at its mouth in

Palu Bay Palu Bay ()GridOto.com''Video Gempa Donggala, Jembatan Palu IV Primadona Sulawesi Tengah Roboh'' retrieved 30 September 2018. is located on the north coast of Sulawesi in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. Geography The bay opens to the ...

, and thus connected the districts of Besuru (East Palu) and Lere (West Palu). The Palu IV Bridge was the first arch bridge on

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

. It was inaugurated in May 2006 by President

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and had two yellow arches, the middle pillar stood on a small river island. The total length was , the maximum height of the structure and the width . On 28 September 2018, the bridge was hit and destroyed by the

2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The magnitude 7.5–7.6 quake was located away from th ...

. The government announced that it would rebuild the bridge, taking earthquake safety factors into account. The Japanese development agency

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is supporting the reconstruction with 2.5 billion

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.Bawono Yadika
''Kementerian PUPR Bangun Kembali Jembatan Kuning Palu.''
In: ''liputan6.com''. 22 June 2019, retrieved 4 October 2019 .

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