Pulau Muara Besar Bridge | |
Native Name: | Jambatan Pulau Muara Besar |
Native Name Lang: | ms |
Coordinates: | 5.005°N 115.0759°W |
Carries: | Motor vehicles |
Crosses: | Brunei Bay |
Locale: | Serasa, Brunei-Muara, Brunei |
Length: | 26800NaN0 |
Width: | 230NaN0 |
Lanes: | 4 |
Builder: | China Harbour Engineering Company |
Begin: | May 2015 |
Complete: | May 2018 |
Cost: | B$260 million (US$204 million) |
Pulau Muara Besar Bridge is a dual-carriageway bridge which connects Pulau Muara Besar, an island on Brunei Bay, with the mainland of Brunei via Serasa in Brunei-Muara District.[1] [2] The bridge is 2680m (8,790feet) long and 23m (75feet) wide.[3] The construction began in 2015 and completed in May 2018;[4] it was undertaken by China Harbour Engineering Company at a cost of B$260 million or US$204 million.[5] [6] The bridge is part of the road infrastructure that will serve the petrochemical refinery plant on the island, which is currently under construction, and is a Chinese foreign direct investment.[7] [8] At present, access to the bridge is restricted to authorised personnels of the project.[9]