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Barelang Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Barelang) is a chain of 6 bridges of various types that connected the Barelang island group of Riau Archipelago built in 1997. The smaller islands of Tonton, Nipah, and Setotok (considered parts of the Batam island group) connect Batam and Rempang, while a further small island - Galang Baru - is connected at the southern end of the chain.
The first with cables assembled in mid-air in the modern method was Joseph Chaley's Grand Pont Suspendu in Fribourg, in 1834. [18] In the United States, the first major wire-cable suspension bridge was the Wire Bridge at Fairmount in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr. and completed in 1842, it had a span of 109 m. Ellet's ...
On 26 November 2011 at around 16:20 (WITA), [5] [6] while workers were performing maintenance on the bridge, a support cable snapped [3] and the structure suffered a catastrophic failure. The roadway fell into the 50-metre-deep (164 ft) Mahakam River below, leaving only the two bridge towers and some support cables remaining.
As a result of the urges of the Dutch government, there was a physical conflict with the Indonesian Youth who wanted to defend their homeland and the occupied buildings, including the "Gedung Sate" which had become the Public Works Department Building at that time (this historic event is known as the "incident" of 3 December 1945, marked as an ...
Semanggi Interchange (Indonesian: Simpang Susun Semanggi) or commonly known as Semanggi Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Semanggi) is a major road interchange in Jakarta, Indonesia which consists of a cloverleaf interchange (hence Semanggi, "clover")—the first, and until the 1990s the only, of its kind in Indonesia—and a partial turbine interchange.
BTPN Towers are a pair of skyscrapers located at Mega Kuningan in Jakarta, Indonesia.They are part of a mixed use development called the Quadrant Complex. There are two buildings: The BTPN Office Tower, also known as Menara BTPN, is 223 meters tall and has 48 floors.
[3] Both the Large Box and Small Box designs would go on to see much service in World War II, especially in the case of the latter. The (non-modular) box girder bridge was a popular choice during the roadbuilding expansion of the 1960s, especially in the West, and many new bridge projects were in progress simultaneously.
Tayan Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Tayan) is a bridge that crosses Kapuas River in Sanggau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. This bridge is a part of the Trans-Kalimantan Highway (southern route) that connects West Borneo with Central Borneo. [2] The bridge is one of the longest bridges in Borneo. [3]