Bridge Name: | Sungai Sarawak Bridge |
Official Name: | Satok Bridge |
Native Name: | Jambatan Satok |
Locale: | Satok Bridge |
Carries: | Pedestrian |
Crosses: | Sarawak River |
Mainspan: | -- |
Length: | 700 Feet (1926)[1] |
Width: | 7 Feet (1926) |
Open: | 1926 (Brooke era) June 2020 (rebuild) |
Cost: | $52,000 (1926) |
Maint: | Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU) Sarawak Rivers Board |
Design: | suspension bridge |
Designer: | Mr. A.S.Lowe - Public Works Department Engineer[2] |
Builder: | Public Works Department (1926) / Pekerjaan Piasau Konkerit Sdn Bhd (reconstruction) |
Satok Bridge or Jambatan Satok is a suspension bridge in Kuching city, Sarawak, Malaysia. Originally built in 1923–1926, the bridge collapsed in 2004 during a storm. Because the bridge had many memories and was the first bridge to be built in Sarawak, the government decided to rebuild it in 2017 by choosing a local construction company, Pekerjaan Piasau Konkerit Sdn Bhd (PPK) as the main contractor. It was rebuilt in 2019, but work was suspended in October 2019 due to structural issues: an anchor block had become displaced.[3] After structural correction and redesign, work resumed and the bridge was reopened 15 months later.[4] The opening was officiated by then Chief Minister of Sarawak (now Premier), Abang Zohari Openg on 21 November 2021.[5]
Near the bridge is the Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Bridge.