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The Suramadu Bridge (Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya-Madura Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge currently under construction between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Bridge_drawing. ... A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... Surabaya (formerly Soerabaja) is Indonesias second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Bangkalan is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java, Indonesia. ... Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java, near the port of Surabaya. ...
The bridge will have two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. When complete in 2008 (scheduled), the 5.4-kilometer bridge will be the first land link between the two islands and the longest bridge in Indonesia. 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 3 trillion rupiah (US$320 million). August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ...
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the central section is the longest bridge span in the world: 1991 m.
London Bridge in London, England — noted neither for its architecture nor as an engineering feat, this bridge is one of the most famous in the world simply because there has continuously been a bridge at this location since Roman times, or about two thousand years.
This is a stone bridge, replaced by a modern concrete span and brought to its present location as part of a large lakeside development.