Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge
Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Bridge Jambatan Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien جمبتن سلطان حاج عمر علي سيف الدين | |
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Construction start | mid-2014 |
Construction end | 2019 |
Construction cost | B$1.6 billion |
Opened | 17 March 2020 |
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Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Bridge (
, at 30 kilometres (19 mi) long.Construction
The construction of the bridge was divided into six 'packages' or contracts.
Construction on the bridge started in 2014 and was expected to be completed and opened by the end of 2019, but it ultimately opened during March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bridge was opened ahead of schedule on 17 March 2020, a day after Brunei barred most non-resident foreigners from entering the country, and most citizens and residents from leaving, which would have otherwise disconnected Temburong from the rest of the country.[12]
On 14 July 2020, on the occasion of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah's 74th birthday, the bridge was named the Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Bridge in honor of the Sultan's late father, Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien, who is widely regarded as the architect of modern Brunei.[13]
Route
The road system is a controlled-access dual carriageway which begins at a grade-separated interchange with Jalan Utama Mentiri between the Sungai Akar roundabout and the Salambigar intersection. The road then goes through two parallel tunnels and ends at another grade-separated interchange with Jalan Kota Batu. This section is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 miles) long.[14] The bridge then begins, with a 14.5-kilometre (9.0-mile) viaduct across the Brunei Bay, passing across the tip of Pulau Berambang, then in between Pulau Pepatan and Pulau Baru-Baru, up to Tanjung Kulat in Temburong.[15] Finally, another 11.8-kilometre (7.3-mile) viaduct begins from Tanjung Kulat and ends at Jalan Labu, traversing through Labu Forest Reserve, and includes a bridge which crosses the Labu River, before intersecting with Jalan Labu at a roundabout.[14]
It connects
Junction list
District | Mukim | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Lambak | Under construction | |||||
Mentiri Tunnel 1 (under construction) | ||||||
Mentiri Tunnel 2 (under construction) | ||||||
Northwest-bound exit and southeast-bound entrance only | ||||||
Brunei River estuary | Temburong Bridge over the Brunei River | |||||
Allocation for future connection to Pulau Berambang | ||||||
Brunei Bay | Temburong Bridge over the Brunei Bay | |||||
Allocation for future connections to Pulau Pepatan and Pulau Baru-Baru | ||||||
Limbang, Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia | Temburong Bridge over the Brunei Bay | |||||
Temburong | Labu | Labu Forest Reserve | Sungai Pasu Gadong bridge | |||
Labu Estate | Labu River bridge | |||||
Jalan Labu: Labu, Bangar, Puni, Ujong Jalan, Batu Apoi, Amo | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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