Jakarta Inner Ring Road ( id, Jalan Tol Lingkar Dalam Jakarta), also known as the Jakarta Inner-City Toll Road ( id, Jalan Tol Dalam Kota Jakarta) is a

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circling the city of

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. On northern and the eastern section, the toll road is grade-separated with the

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road construction technique (also used in the

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and one half of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Skyway). The toll road is operated by PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk, a state-owned enterprise, and PT Citra Marga Nushapala Persada Tbk (CMNP) (), founded by the

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family which is also the initiator of the Metro Manila Skyway.

History

The stretch of Jakarta Inner Ring Road began with the opening of

Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto (Gatot Subroto Avenue) is one of the major road in Jakarta, Indonesia. The road starts from Dirgantara statue in South Jakarta, which crosses 14 administrative villages and ends at Slipi, Central Jakarta. The road is ...

which intersect the

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at the Semanggi cloverleaf bridge which already under construction since the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the Gatot Subroto Road had continued past Tebet and becoming M.T. Haryono Road to Cawang and meet the junction with Major Jendral Panjaitan Road. In the 1970s, another major road runs Jendral Achmad Yani Road and Laksamana Yos Sudarso Road were established to the far east of Jakarta. This road would connect the Semanggi cloverleaf interchange all the way to the port

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. This vitally important highway which connects Central Jakarta directly with the port is the prototype of Jakarta Inner Ring Road, known then as " Jakarta Bypass", so called because the new connection enabling trucks to "bypass the rest of Jakarta while traveling to and from the port." Construction of Jakarta Bypass was funded using the

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financial assistant and was completed in 1963. Jakarta Bypass also enabled the growth of new suburbs of

Cempaka Putih Cempaka Putih is a district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Cempaka Putih is roughly bounded by Jenderal Ahmad Yani bypass highway to the east, Pramuka boulevard to the south, Letjend Suprapto boulevard to the north, and a railway line to the west. ...

, Pulo Mas, Senen,

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and

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Section

Jakarta Inner Ring Road has several sections: * Cawang–Pluit Toll Road * Harbor Toll Road * Ir. Wiyoto Wiyono Toll Road

Gates and exits

Ir. Wiyoto Wiyono exits

Cawang–Pluit exits

Harbor Toll Road exits

Fee

References

Cited works

External links

PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk

PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk
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