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 |
Mainspan: | -- |
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.
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.