Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Sungai Kelantan Bridge
Official Name:Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge
Native Name:Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra
جمبتن سلطان يحي ڤيترا
Locale:Federal Route 3 Wakaf Bharu-Kota Bharu-Kubang Kerian Highway
Carries:Motor vehicles, Pedestrians
Crosses:Kelantan River
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Length:2,800-foot
Width:--
Open:1967
Maint:Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Kota Bharu
Design:arch bridge
Designer:Government of Malaysia
Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)
Builder:Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)
Kien Huat Private Limited

The Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra; Jawi: جمبتن سلطان يحي ڤيترا) is a major bridge in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia crossing Kelantan River. Construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1967, by renowned builder Kien Huat Private Limited, a family firm of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. It was opened on 1967 by the late Sultan of Kelantan. Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim.[1] The bridge was originally a toll bridge making the first toll bridge in Malaysia.

Current developments

Construction of the Sultan Yahya Petra Second Bridge

The Sultan Yahya Petra Second Bridge project consists of a pair of bridges built at the left and right of the original bridge and a 1-km flyover built on top of the existing Federal Route 3. Construction began on 2009 and was completed in 2012. The bridge becomes the only triple-carriageway bridge in the country, where the original bridge remains as a two-way bridge, while the new bridges constructed at both sides of the original bridge carry one-way traffic each.

See also

References

  1. Perasmian Jambatan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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