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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 .
Penang Bridge: Jambatan Pulau Pinang: 225 m (738 ft) 8,400 m (27,600 ft) Cable-stayed Concrete girder deck, concrete pylons 107+225+107: Expressway 36 Penang Strait.
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 ...
Since there is no standard, no ranking of a bridge should be assumed because of its position in the list. Additionally, numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units ( feet ) may be imprecise due to conversion rounding.
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 ...
Penang Bridge: Penang Bridge: 13.5: Penang Island–Seberang Perai: PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (former concessionaries known as Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd (PBSB)) PLUS Ronda: PLUS LINE: In operation: East–West Link Expressway: East–West Link Expressway (Salak Expressway) Kuala Lumpur–Seremban ...
Penang Island is physically connected to mainland Seberang Perai by two road bridges – the 13.5 km (8.4 mi) Penang Bridge and the 24 km (15 mi) Second Penang Bridge. [201] Seberang Perai is accessible through the North-South Expressway, a 966 km-long (600 mi) expressway that stretches along the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.
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 ...