The Sultan Yusuf Bridge ( ms, Jambatan Sultan Yusuf) is the main bridge in

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. It is located on

West Coast Expressway The West Coast Expressway (E32) is an interstate controlled-access highway running along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway is currently under construction, with several sections open for public use. Once completed, the expre ...

and

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crossing

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between

Batak Rabit Batak Rabit is a small town in Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. The town is located near Teluk Intan town. It was named after Batak mercenaries that comes from the Batak District in Sumatra that was brought by Raja Laut during a Selangor civi ...

and

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. It is the third longest river bridge in Malaysia and was named after the 32nd Sultan of Perak, Almarhum Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarulahu-Lah.

History

Early Construction

The Sultan Yusuf Bridge was one of the components of the missing link of the

from

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, which was constructed as one of the infrastructure project under the Fifth Malaysia Plan. Before the bridge was built, villagers from the opposite of the Perak River Kampung such as Telok Selandang and Kampung Lekir had to use a river ferry service operated by a nearby

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estate. Construction of the Sultan Yusuf Bridge began in April 1986 with the total cost of RM27 million for the entire road project. The bridge was completed in 1988 and was opened to motorists on 17 November 1988, resulting in the full completion of the FT5 highway.

Expanding Bridge

In 2011, the

was initiated with some of the expressway route taking over some of

, including this bridge. The bridge was expanded to a dual carriageway road with 2 lanes going each direction (total 4 lanes) to cater the expanding traffic. The new carriageway was constructed with the same design.

Features

Batak Rabit Restaurant and Rest Plaza

Near the bridge is the Batak Rabit Restaurant and Rest Plaza . It was opened in 1990. Facilities are available here such as

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and

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. As of now, it is only accessible from Federal Route 5 and 58 towards

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and Lumut due to the

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