Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge
Sungai Dinding Bridge Jambatan Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Jambatan Sungai Dinding | |
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Carries | Motor vehicles, Pedestrians |
Crosses | Dinding River |
Locale | Dinding Bypass, Lumut |
Official name | Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge |
Maintained by | Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Manjung |
Characteristics | |
Design | arch bridge |
Total length | 1.2 km (1.246 m) |
Width | -- |
Longest span | 930 m |
History | |
Designer |
Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) HMS Perunding Sdn Bhd |
Constructed by | Lankhorst-Panzana JV |
Opened | 2001 |
Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge or Sungai Dinding Bridge is the second longest river bridge in Malaysia after Sungai Johor Bridge in Johor (opened on 10 June 2011). It is located in Dinding River on Dinding Bypass (Federal Route ) near Lumut, Manjung district, Perak. The bridge is 1.2 km (1.246 m) in length, of which 930 m is over Dinding River. Its 13 arches represent states in Malaysia and is decorated with lights that change from colour to colour.
History
Constructed began on 19 August 1997 by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and HMS Perunding Sdn Bhd. and was completed in 2000. It was officially opened on 30 April 2001 by the 34th Sultan of Perak, Almarhum Sultan Azlan Shah and the bridge was officially named Jambatan Raja Pemaisuri Bainun after Tuanku Bainun of Perak.