Crosses Straits of Malacca Width 13m Total length 2,300 m Bridge type Tied-arch bridge | Official name Bunting Island Bridge Opened 2005 Location Yan Body of water Strait of Malacca | |
Carries Motor vehicles, Pedestrians Locale Jalan Jambatan Pulau Bunting, Yan Maintained by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Yan Designers Gamuda Berhad, Malaysian Public Works Department Similar Seri Saujana Bridge, Seri Gemilang Bridge, Mount Jerai, Tied‑arch bridge, Seri Wawasan Bridge | ||
Bunting Island Bridge is a new bridge that connects Bunting Island to mainland Yan, Kedah state, Malaysia. The bridge was built by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) while the main contractor was Gamuda Berhad.
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History
It was constructed between 2002 and 2005.
The bridge remains underused and has become a white elephant project. It has been widely criticised for the facts that it had served no purpose of linking to an unpopulated island which incurred a project cost of RM 120 million.
Disenchantment of the locals remains unknown to the rest of the country.
Features
It is a 2.3 km long x 13.0 m wide sea crossing consisting of a 1.8 km long bridge, a 0.1 km long causeway connecting Bunting Island to the bridge and a 0.4 km long causeway connecting mainland Kedah to the bridge. The bridge is an arch cable-stayed bridge with a main suspended span of 80m in length and approach spans of precast concrete box beams with spans of 30m in length. The causeways have fill embankments on piled foundations with rock armouring.