Bali Mandara Toll Road or Nusa Dua-Ngurah Rai-Benoa Toll Road is a

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...

carried by a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

stretching across the Gulf of Benoa 12.7 km in length. The Rp 2.48 Trillion (USD 220 million) highway connects the city of

Denpasar Denpasar (; Balinese script, Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ) is the capital of Bali and the main gateway to the island. The city is also a hub for other cities in the Lesser Sunda Islands. With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali ...

and

South Kuta South Kuta (Indonesian: ''Kuta Selatan'') is a district (''kecamatan'') within Badung Regency of Bali. It consists of Nusa Dua, a large peninsula projecting south from Bali island. It covers 101.13 km2 and had a population of 116,143 peopl ...

Badung Regency Badung is a regency of Bali, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the upland town of Mangupura. It covers districts to the west of the provincial capital of Denpasar, and it has a land area of 418.52 km2. The regency had a population of 54 ...

, Nusa Dua and

Ngurah Rai International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai) , is the main airport in Bali, located 13 km south of Denpasar. Ngurah Rai is the second busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno–Hatta Int ...

. The reason behind construction of Bali Mandara Toll Road was to prevent traffic jams on the Ngurah Rai Bypass Road, previously the only road connecting areas of Bali south of the airport with areas north of the airport. The Ngurah Rai Bypass Road, a land-based route, could not be widened because of the location of the airport runway. Consequently, the Bali Mandara Toll Road was built over water.

History

Bali Mandara Toll Road began construction in March 2012 and was completed in October 2013. The road was officially opened on 23 September 2013 by

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. At the 2013 APEC Summit in Bali, the toll road was passed by several state leaders. The toll road undergone a beautification and other adjustments in preparation for the 2022 G20 Bali Summit.

Names

The name ''Bali Mandara'' was given by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the inauguration of the toll road on September 23, 2013. ''Mandara'' itself means ''Maju, Aman, Damai, dan Sejahtera'' (progressive, safe, peaceful and prosperous); however, the name considered more political because it is identical with the slogan coined by Governor of Bali at the time Made Mangku Pastika during his tenure. In 2018, there was a plan to change the name into I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bridge, to honor local hero

I Gusti Ngurah Rai Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai (30 January 1917 – 20 November 1946) was an Indonesian National Hero who commanded Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Margarana.Muti ...

and since the toll road is situated within

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai) , is the main airport in Bali, located 13 km south of Denpasar. Ngurah Rai is the second busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno–Hatta Int ...

vicinity.

Exits

Gallery

File:Mandara Highway Bali.jpg, Bali Mandara Toll Road as of 2015 File:Benoa Bali Indonesia Tol-Station-Benoa-01.jpg, Benoa toll plaza

References

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