Sungai Johor Bridge

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| official_name = Sungai Johor Bridge

| native_name = Jambatan Sungai Johor
جمبتن سوڠاي جوهر

| locale = {{MES-E|22}} Senai–Desaru Expressway

| carries = Motor vehicles

| crosses = Johor River

| mainspan = {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}}

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| width = {{convert|740|m|abbr=on}}

| maint = Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad

| design = single plane cable stayed bridge

| designer = Government of Malaysia
Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM)
Ranhill Engineers & Constructors Sdn Bhd

| builder = Ranhill Engineers & Constructors Sdn Bhd

| begin = {{start date and age|2005}}

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| open = {{start date and age|2011|06|10|df=y}}

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The Sungai Johor Bridge ({{langx|ms|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,{{cite news |title=75km Senai-Desaru Expressway opens today |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20110610-283310.html |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=asiaone |agency=New Straits Times |date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614164127/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20110610-283310.html |archive-date=14 June 2011}} 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.{{cite web| url = http://www.e22.com.my/Our-Bridge.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091028060643/http://www.e22.com.my/Our-Bridge.html| archive-date = 2009-10-28| title = senai desaru expressway berhad - Our Bridge}}

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

Gallery

Image:E22 Bridge.jpg|Sungai Johor Bridge at night

File:Sungai Johor Bridge construction 2007-10-03.jpg|The Sungai Johor Bridge under construction in October 2007

Image:Sungai Johor Bridge Construction.JPG|The Sungai Johor Bridge under construction in January 2009

File:Sungai Johor Bridge at Senai-Desaru Expressway.JPG|The Sungai Johor Bridge as seen from the westbound of Senai–Desaru Expressway in May 2016

References

External links

[http://www.sde.com.my Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad (SDEB)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124235750/http://www.sde.com.my/ |date=24 January 2019 }}
[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/17/nation/16348163&sec=nation Longest cable-stayed bridge planned (The Star, 18 December 2006)]

Category:2011 establishments in Malaysia

Category:Bridges completed in 2011

Category:Bridges in Johor

Category:Cable-stayed bridges in Malaysia

Category:Senai–Desaru Expressway