Malacca Strait Bridge

Malacca Straits Bridge
Route information
Length: 48 km (30 mi)
Major junctions
Northeast end: Telok Gong
Masjid Tanah, Malacca
Malaysia
Southwest end: Makeruh
Rupat Island, Riau Province
Indonesia
Highway system
Malacca Strait Bridge
Jambatan/Jembatan Selat Melaka/Malaka
JSS, Jembatan Selmal
Carries Motor vehicles
Crosses Straits of Malacca
Locale Dumai-Rupat Toll Road (Dupat), Indonesia

Telok Gong-Masjid Tanah-Alor Gajah Expressway (TMA), Malaysia
Official name Malacca Strait Bridge
Maintained by --
Characteristics
Design cable-stayed bridges (two)
suspension bridge (one)
Total length 48 km
Width --
Longest span --
History
Designer Government of Malaysia
Government of Indonesia
Straits of Malacca Partners Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Opened 17 August 2025

The Malacca Strait Bridge (Malay/Indonesian: Jambatan/Jembatan Selat Melaka/Malaka or JSM and Jembatan Selmal) is a proposed bridge that would connect Telok Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca state in Peninsula Malaysia, Malaysia to Rupat Island and Dumai in Sumatra island, Indonesia.[1] The project has been submitted for government approval, and is expected to take 10 years to complete. Once completed, the 48-km long bridge will be the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The project will have two cable-stayed bridges and one suspension bridge, both the longest in the world.

Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean (east) with Indian Ocean (west)
The region around the Strait of Malacca

The construction of a bridge of this kind would have numerous implications, including for the management of ship movements through the Malacca Straits, one of the busiest shipping channels in the world.[2]

Timeline

References

  1. 'Plans for bridge between Malacca, Dumai', New Straits Times, 20 December 2010
  2. Mohd Hazmi bin Mohd Rusli, 'Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Ensuring Safe Navigation', RSIS Commentaries, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, No 131/2011, Singapore, 13 September 2011.
  3. 'Presiden: JSS Sangat Strategic,' (President: JSS is very strategic) Suara Pembaruan, 6 March 2013.
  4. Malacca revives straits bridge project The Star, 15 October 2013
  5. Yong Yen Nie and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, 'China's EXIM bank to fund most of Malacca-Indonesia bridge project', The Jakarta Post 18 October 2013.

Coordinates: 2°15′N 101°45′E / 2.250°N 101.750°E / 2.250; 101.750

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