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The Penang Bridge is a 13.5-kilometre (8.4-mile) [2] [3] dual carriageway toll bridge and controlled-access highway in the state of Penang, Malaysia. The bridge connects Perai on the mainland side of the state with Gelugor on the island , crossing the Penang Strait .
The Penang Bridge, then the longest bridge in Southeast Asia, was completed in 1985, thus providing for the first time a road link between Penang Island and the Malay Peninsula. More controversial was the 250 m (820 ft)-tall Komtar in George Town , to this day the tallest skyscraper in Penang .
The toll for the bridge is similar to the toll scheme for the Penang Bridge, where a fee is collected one way when crossing the bridge from the mainland to Penang Island, while no fee is imposed for mainland-bound motorists coming from the island. On the other hand, the toll for the link road between the bridge and the North–South Expressway ...
Note: There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to the end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others use the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge.
In 1985, the Penang Bridge, then the longest bridge in Southeast Asia, was opened for traffic. The 13.5 km (8.4 mi) bridge spans the Penang Strait between George Town's southernmost suburb of Gelugor and Perai in Seberang Perai, making it the first road link between Penang Island and the Malay Peninsula.
The cross-strait Penang ferry service is the oldest in Malaysia, originating from privately-run services established in 1894. [44] It connects George Town and Seberang Perai, and was formerly the only transportation link between the island city and the mainland until the completion of the Penang Bridge in 1985. [45]
The bridge was the longest bridge in Southeast Asia upon its completion in 1985. The Second Penang Bridge lies to the south of the Penang Bridge. With a total length of 24 kilometres (15 mi), it is currently the second longest bridge in Southeast Asia. The history of highways in Penang began in the 1970s when the Malaysian federal government ...
The Penang Bridge, completed in 1985, connects Perai on the mainland with the suburb of Gelugor on Penang Island. In 2014, the Second Penang Bridge further south was opened for public use, thereby substituting the Penang Bridge as the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. The Second Penang Bridge runs between Batu Kawan on the mainland and Batu ...