National Suramadu Bridge Surabaya Relations and the Madura Island

National Suramadu Bridge Surabaya Relations and the Madura Island

Surabaya – National Suramadu Bridge that was declared by Republic of Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last June 10 2009 had long 5.4 Kilometer. Suramadu Bridge connected between Surabaya and Madura was located in the East Java territory. The National Suramadu bridge territory will also be proposed to the special economic region, on Tuesday 21 July 2009.

National Suramadu Bridge was also built with supplies 300.000 ton special cement that was given by the Special Blended Cement name. Several big projects that had used the special cement product from Gresik Cement, including the Monas Pillar, Semanggi Bridge, Waduk Jatiluhur, Gelora Bung Karno, renovation of the Borubudur Temple, and Bridge of Tukad Batung Bali. This cement had, the characteristics kept against the sulphate and hot his hydration that was low, whereas his surplus was the concrete that was formed increasingly for a long time was increasingly strong and waterproof.

In the meantime, as a result of National Suramadu Bridge operated, around 8000 people lost the work, or were the unemployment; they were the worker in the Perak Cape port and the Kamal Tip.

National Suramadu Bridge was permitted for all the vehicle kind. However, to pass bridge along 5.4 kilometer this, the burden that was carried by the vehicle might not exceed 10 ton. The side of the bridge manager has installed the implement to measure heavy each vehicle. The implement of the burden gauge or weight in motion this was installed beside Madura and the Surabaya side. The implement took the form of the cable that in the pair in this road automatically will measure the burden of the vehicle when entering bridge. This implement had a function of controlling the security of bridge. This was carried out so that bridge not over the capacity.

There was the new news from water Police, Hundreds of irons from bridge suramadu was stolen was a part of bentang middle. Okky F Suryatama / Demotix