Jalan Jenderal Sudirman (''General Sudirman Avenue'') or Jalan Sudirman (''Sudirman Avenue'') is a major thoroughfare in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. Named after Indonesian national hero

Sudirman Sudirman (; 24 January 1916 – 29 January 1950) was an Indonesian military officer and revolutionary during the Indonesian National Revolution and the first commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. Born in Purbalingga, Dutch East Ind ...

, the road runs from

Patung Pemuda Membangun Patung Pemuda Membangun (translated as Youth Advancement Monument or simply Youth Monument) is a statue located at the southern end of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, Indonesia. The statue marks the entrance to Kebayoran Baru subdistrict in Sou ...

at the south end to the bridge of the

West Flood Canal The Jakarta Flood Canal () refers to two canals that divert floods from rivers around Jakarta instead of going through the city. This first flood control channel was designed by Hendrik van Breen, an engineer working for the Dutch East Indies, Dut ...

to the north, where it meets

Jalan M.H. Thamrin Jalan M.H. Thamrin or Jalan Thamrin (M.H. Thamrin Avenue or Thamrin Avenue) is a major thoroughfare in Jakarta, Indonesia. The road is located at the center of Jakarta, running from the north end of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman at West Flood Canal at ...

. The road had been built between 1949 and 1953 to connect

Central Jakarta Central Jakarta (, ), abbreviated as Jakpus, is one of the five Cities of Indonesia, administrative cities () and ''de facto'' Capital City of the Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 census ...

with

Kebayoran Baru Kebayoran Baru is a List of districts of Jakarta, district () in the administrative city of South Jakarta, Indonesia. The name was derived from a planned satellite city of the same name which was developed in the Aftermath of World War II, post-wa ...

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het aanleggen van de hoofdverkeersweg van Djakarta naar Kebajoran TMnr 60054772

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A part of

Jakarta MRT The Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit ( ''Jakarta'') or Jakarta MRT (, stylized as ''mrt jakarta'') is a rapid transit system in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. The system is operated by PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (Perseroda), a municipall ...

runs underneath the total length of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman. Four stations of the MRT (

Senayan Senayan is an administrative village (''kelurahan'' in Indonesian) at Kebayoran Baru subdistrict, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The post code is 12190. Boundaries The borders of Senayan are: * Semanggi Flyover in the north * General Sudirman Street ...

, Istora Mandiri, Bendungan Hilir, and Setiabudi Astra) located along this road.

Sudirman station Sudirman Station (SUD, formerly Dukuh Atas Station) is a train station of KRL Commuterline, which is located in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The station is named from Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, one of the main avenue in Jakarta, which cros ...

KRL Commuterline KRL Commuterline, commonly known as Greater Jakarta Commuter rail, Jakarta Commuter rail, and KRL Commuter Line Jabodetabek is a commuter rail system for Jabodetabek, Greater Jakarta in Indonesia. It was previously known as KRL Jabodetabek. It ...

, BNI City station of Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link, and Dukuh Atas station of

Jabodebek LRT The Jabodebek LRT, formerly known as Greater Jakarta LRT is a fully automated light rapid transit system in Greater Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, as well as the adjacent areas of West Java, within the Jakarta Metropolitan area. It was i ...

are located at the north end of the road as a part of

Dukuh Atas TOD Dukuh Atas TOD ( or ''KBT Dukuh Atas'') is a transit-oriented development area between Central Jakarta and South Jakarta, Indonesia. This is built as part of constructing several other transit oriented development across Jakarta to facilitate com ...

. There are six stops for the

Transjakarta Transjakarta (stylised in all-lowercase, often erroneously called Busway, sometimes shortened as TJ and branded as TiJe) or Jakarta BRT is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia, it commenc ...

busway along the street, mainly serving Corridor 1. They are: * Bundaran Senayan, in front of

Ratu Plaza The Ratu Plaza (also known as e-Mall or e-Mall Ratu Plaza) is a shopping mall located in Gelora, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It consists of five floors, four of which have over 6,000 m² of retail space. The mall mainly caters to inf ...

* Senayan Bank DKI, close to gate into Gelora Bung Karno * Polda Metro Jaya, close to Polda Metro Jaya police headquarters * Bendungan Hilir, close to Plaza Semanggi and the

Semanggi Interchange Semanggi Interchange () or commonly known as Semanggi Bridge () is a major interchange (road), road interchange in Jakarta, Indonesia which consists of a cloverleaf interchange (hence , "clover")—the first, and until the 1990s the only, of its k ...

which connects this street to

Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto (Gatot Subroto Avenue) is one of the major roads in Jakarta, Indonesia. The road starts from Pancoran, South Jakarta, Dirgantara statue in South Jakarta, which crosses 10 administrative villages and ends at Slipi, Cen ...

* Karet, close to World Trade Center Jakarta and

Le Méridien Le Méridien is an American upscale, design-focused international hotel brand with a European perspective. It was originally founded by Air France in 1972 and was later based in the United Kingdom. Marriott International now owns the chain. As of ...

Hotel * Dukuh Atas, close to

Wisma 46 Wisma 46 is a 261.9-meter tall (architectural height) skyscraper located in the BNI City complex at Jalan Jenderal Sudirman in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 46-floor office tower features a antenna spire, and was completed in 1996 under the design b ...

, in front of Wisma Arthaloka.

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