Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge

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Strait of Selatan between Penang Island and the mainland

The Second Penang Bridge or the Sultan Abdul Halim Shah Muadzam Bridge ( Malay: Pulau Pinang Jambatan Kedua or Jambatan Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah) is a bridge in Malaysia, which will connect the southern part of the island of Penang to the mainland.

History

Since the Penang Bridge was opened in 1985 satisfied the ever increasing traffic quickly is no longer so that the Malaysian government took up a second bridge connecting the Malay ninth development plan, which was adopted by Parliament in 2007.

The state enterprise Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd ( JKSB ) won the concession, according to which it is responsible for construction, management, operation and maintenance of the bridge in August 2008. The work was entrusted to a consortium led by China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd ( CHEC ). The preparatory work for the construction of the bridge began in 2007, the official start of construction of the lake was the 8th November 2008.

Shortly before the end of construction collapsed on June 6, 2013 on the island side end part of the ramp together. In this case, a motorist was killed and three others were injured. On October 17, the stress tests of the bridge began.

Originally, the completion was planned for January 2011, it was later postponed until May 2012; However, both appointments could not be held, so that the completion was initially postponed to November 8, 2013, but is now provided for additional technical certifications and an extension of the toll for February 2014.

The construction costs were initially estimated at around 3 billion ringgit, in September 2013 construction costs were finally called of 4.5 billion ringgit. The People's Republic of China supported the construction of the bridge with a loan.

The bridge was officially opened by Prime Minister Najib Razak sixth Malaysian on 1 March 2014 and was named after the fourteenth selected Malaysian election King, the Yang di - Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdul Halim Shah of Kedah Muadzam.

Building

The 16.4 km long bridge leads from Batu Kawan in Seberang Perai after Batu Maung on Penang Island and is part of a newly built 23.37 km long highway. The shipping route is slightly overcome more than a kilometer away from the island with a 475 m long cable-stayed bridge, which has a span of 240 m. The clear vertical clearance for ships is 30 m. The remaining part of the bridge is made of precast concrete elements 298 that are each 55 feet long.

In the middle of two beaded rest stops were initially intended, but which do not come for execution. The bridge has six lanes, one of which is in each direction motorcycles reserved.