Bridge Name: | Sungai Pahang Bridge |
Official Name: | Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge (Temerloh Bridge) |
Native Name: | Jambatan Sultan Ahmad Shah (Jambatan Temerloh) |
Locale: | Federal Route 2 Jalan Temerloh-Maran |
Carries: | Motor vehicles, Pedestrians |
Crosses: | Pahang River |
Mainspan: | -- |
Length: | 575 m |
Width: | -- |
Open: | 1974 |
Maint: | Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Temerloh |
Design: | steel viaduct |
Designer: | Government of Malaysia Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) |
Builder: | Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) |
Coordinates: | 3.4442°N 102.427°W |
Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge or Temerloh Bridge is the main bridge on Pahang River near Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia. The 575 m bridge is located at Federal route Federal Route 2.
In 1971, the old Temerloh Bridge spanning across the Pahang River collapsed due to a massive flood in Temerloh. As a result, the Public Works Department (JKR) constructed a 575-m replacement bridge known as the Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge FT2 beside the old bridge.[1] The Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge is much higher than the old bridge, forming the first grade-separated interchange in Pahang that links to the Federal Route 10. The new bridge also links to a new road that bypasses Temerloh and Mentakab townships, causing the former Temerloh-Mentakab section to be re-gazetted as the Federal Route 87.[2] The construction of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge was completed in 1974.