Bunting Island Bridge is a bridge that connects Bunting Island to mainland

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History

It was constructed between 2002 and 2005. The bridge remains underused and has become a white elephant project. It has been widely criticised for the facts that it had served no purpose of linking to an unpopulated island which incurred a project cost of RM 120 million. Disenchantment of the locals remains unknown to the rest of the country.

Features

It is a × sea crossing consisting of a bridge, a causeway connecting Bunting Island to the bridge and a causeway connecting mainland Kedah to the bridge. The bridge is an arch cable-stayed bridge with a main suspended span of 80 m in length and approach spans of precast concrete box beams with spans of 30 m in length. The causeways have fill embankments on piled foundations with rock armouring.

References

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External links

Bunting Island Bridge ( Jambatan Pulau Bunting )

Bunting Island Bridge at WikiMapia.org
Bridges completed in 2005 Bridges in Kedah Tied arch bridges 2005 establishments in Malaysia Yan District