Barelang Bridge () is a chain of 6

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s of various types built in 1997 that connect the

Rempang Rempang Island () is an Indonesian island, located 2.5 km southeast of the neighbouring Batam Island, with the total land mass size of 165.83 km2. Rempang Island belongs to the three- interconnected islands group of Riau Archipelago kno ...

- Galang island group in the

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with the principal island of

Batam Batam, officially the City of Batam (, not to be confused with ''Batam Kota'', a kecamatan, district within this city), is the largest List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administra ...

to its north. The smaller islands of Tonton, Nipah, and Setotok (considered parts of the Batam island group) connect Batam and Rempang, while a further small island - Galang Baru - is connected at the southern end of the chain. The entire Barelang region covers . Some locals call the bridge ''Jembatan Habibie'' after Jusuf Habibie, who oversaw the project in construction, aiming to transform the Rempang and Galang islands into industrial sites (resembling present-day Batam). The concept design for the 6 bridges were proposed by Bruce Ramsay of VSL. Habibie had requested that the designs should be based on a variation of different structural bridge types, in order to introduce & develop new bridge design & building technologies for the Indonesian market. Over time the bridge sites have grown more into a

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rather than just a transportation route. The full stretch of all 6 bridges total to . Travelling from the first bridge to the last is about and takes about 50 minutes. Construction of the bridges started in 1992 and took names from fifteenth to eighteenth-century rulers of the Riau Sultanate.

Bridges

#Tengku Fisabilillah Bridge, connects Batam and Tonton island. It stretches for and is the longest of the six, being a

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with two pylons and main span . #Nara Singa Bridge, a

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with total length and main span , connects Tonton island with Nipah island. #Ali Haji Bridge, a

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with total length and main span , connects Nipah island with Setoko island. #Sultan Zainal Abidin Bridge, a cantilever bridge with total length and main span , connects Setoko island with Rempang island. #Tuanku Tambusai Bridge, an

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with total length and main span , connects Rempang island with Galang island The road deck was constructed using the incremental launching method, whereby the deck was constructed on the bridge approach and then launched horizontally by the use of hydraulic jacks with special sliding bearings out over the previously constructed arch. #Raja Kecik Bridge, the smallest bridge with a total length of , connects Galang island with Galang Baru island.

Gallery

Jembatan Barelang-2.jpg, The arch Tuanku Tambusai Bridge 5, connects Rempand and Galang islands EUR_500_reverse_(2002_issue).jpg, The reverse image of

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, the modern architecture bridge inspired from the similar-types of Tengku Fisabilillah cable-stayed bridge

References

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