Jembatan akar (English: '' living root bridge'') is the bridge that forms the fabric of the two roots of the trees that grow across and extends over a stream in the subdistrict Bayang Utara,

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. It is located about 88 km south of the city of

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. In the language of Minang, the bridge is the community outreach called ''titian aka''. This bridge has a length of and a width of with a height from the surface of the river of about . It began to be formed in 1890 and could be used in 1916. In other words, the process of knitting a root bridge takes approximately 26 years. Currently, conditions are becoming increasingly stronger with the size of the roots of the

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that formed it. On any day of the week and national holidays, the tourist attraction root bridge is much visited by local tourists and foreign tourists.

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