Sunda Strait Bridge Jembatan Selat Sunda | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 5°57′22″S 105°51′18″E / 5.956°S 105.855°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, Trains |
| Crosses | Straits of Sunda |
| Official name | Sunda Strait Bridge |
| Maintained by | – |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 27 km |
| Width | – |
| Longest span | – |
| History | |
| Designer | Government of Indonesia |
| Constructed by | – |
| Opened | – |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | Yes |
| Location | |
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The Sunda Strait Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Selat Sunda, JSS, Jembatan Selsun, sometimes referred to in English-language reports as the SSB) was a planned road and railway megaproject between the two large Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java.
The suggestion for a bridge was reportedly first put forward in 1960 by Professor Sedyatmo from Institut Teknologi Bandung as a part of broader plans, known as Tri Nusa Bimasakti, to link the three islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali.[1] In October 2007, after years of discussion and planning, the Indonesian government gave the initial go-ahead for a project which includes several of the world's longest suspension bridges, across the 27 km (17 mi) Sunda Strait. However, seven years later in November 2014, the incoming Joko Widodo government announced that plans to build the bridge would be shelved.[2]
- ^ Dimas Novita S. and Zufrizal, 'Sunda Strait Bridge: Towards ground breaking in 2014', Indonesian Infrastructure Initiative website, 19 April 2013.
- ^ Satria Sambijantoro, 'No more Sunda Strait Bridge plan', The Jakarta Post, 3 November 2014. See also 'New Government Will Not Prioritize Sunda Strait Bridge Project', Global Indonesian Voices, 2 November 2014.