Sungai Johor Bridge

1°31′55″N 104°01′19″E / 1.532°N 104.022°E / 1.532; 104.022CarriesMotor vehiclesCrossesJohor RiverLocale Senai–Desaru Expressway Senai–Desaru ExpresswayOfficial nameSungai Johor BridgeMaintained bySenai-Desaru Expressway BerhadCharacteristicsDesignsingle plane cable stayed bridgeTotal length1,708 m (5,604 ft)Width740 m (2,430 ft)Longest span500 m (1,600 ft)HistoryDesignerGovernment of Malaysia
Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM)
Ranhill Engineers & Constructors Sdn BhdConstructed byRanhill Engineers & Constructors Sdn BhdConstruction start2005; 19 years ago (2005)Opened10 June 2011; 12 years ago (2011-06-10)Location

The Sungai Johor Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Sungai Johor; Jawi: جمبتن سوڠاي جوهر) is an expressway bridge across Johor River on Senai–Desaru Expressway in Johor, Malaysia. The 1.7 km (1,708 m) single plane cable stayed bridge connects Pulau Juling in Johor Bahru District in the west to Tanjung Penyabong in Kota Tinggi District in the east. Opened on 10 June 2011,^[1] it has the longest central span of any river bridge in Malaysia, followed by Batang Sadong Bridge in Sarawak. The bridge is also the longest single plane cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia.

History

Construction officially began in 2005. Construction was led by Senai Desaru Expressway Berhad with a main contractor Ranhill Engineers & Constructors Sdn Bhd. The bridge was to have been completed by December 2008, but opening of the bridge was repeatedly delayed, opening together with the 2nd phase of the expressway on 10 June 2011.

Specifications

The bridge is 1,708 metres (1.7 km) long, with a 500-metre (0.5 km) main span across the Johor River. The two main pylons of the bridge rise to a height of 143 meters.^[2]

The expressway on the bridge has two lanes on each direction, without any shoulder.

Gallery

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  Sungai Johor Bridge at night
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  The Sungai Johor Bridge under construction in October 2007
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  The Sungai Johor Bridge under construction in January 2009
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  The Sungai Johor Bridge as seen from the westbound of Senai–Desaru Expressway in May 2016

See also

• List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans

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