Tun Salahuddin Bridge

Infobox Bridge in Malaysia


bridge_name=Sungai Sarawak Bridge
official_name=Tun Salahuddin Bridge
malay_name=Jambatan Tun Salahuddin
locale=Tanah Puteh Bridge
carries=Motor vehicles
crosses=Sarawak River
mainspan= 1.5
length= 339 m
width= 28 m
open=2003
maintained by=Zecon Berhad
design=balanced cantilever bridge
designer= Sarawak State Government
Zecon Berhad
construction= Zecon Engineering Sdn Bhd (ZECON)

Malaysian expressway routebox
E--=MES-E|24
E24
Highway concessionaire's logo =(Insert image logo here)
Zecon Berhad
expressway= Tun Salahuddin Bridge
length-km= 4
direction= West↔East
start= Petra Jaya
destinations= Demak
Pending
end= Tanah Puteh
starting-date= 2002
completion-date= 2003
interchanges= Jalan Astana
Jalan Demak
Jalan Kwong Lee Bank
Jalan Utama
Kuching Bypass

Development Cost=RM 136,000,000
Number of lanes=6 lanes
Interchanges=2
Toll plazas=1
Layby=none
Rest and Service Area=none
Overhead Bridge Restaurant=none
Vista Point=none
Highway tunnels=none
Type of roads=Tarmac
Toll systems=Opened toll systems

The Tun Salahuddin Bridge (Formerly Tanah Puteh Bridge) MES-E|24 is the first and the only toll bridge expressway in the East Malaysia. Located at Kuching city, Sarawak, Malaysia, the bridge which is the second bridge over Sarawak River was officially opened on 21 September 2003. It was named after the current Sarawak's state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor), Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng.

Overview

The 6-lane, dual-deck Tun Salahudin Bridge is an elegant, low-level bridge over the Sarawak River that affords an unrestricted view of the river in both directions.

This bridge is a multi-span, pre-stressed concrete, 339 metres long, 28 metres wide, with a 325-metre embankment. It has a 1.5-metre central median and a granolithic pedestrian lane on either side, each 1.5 metres wide.

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History

Construction began on 2002. The bridge project was undertaken by Zecon Engineering Sdn Bhd which took over from Zalpoint Corporation Sdn Bhd in March 2003. It was completed on August 2003.

Toll rates

List of interchanges