Sunda Strait Bridge
Sunda Strait Bridge The Sunda Strait Bridge is a planned road and railway megaproject between the two Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. The bridge starts from the idea of â€&lsqauo;â€&lsqauo;Prof. Sedyatmo, a professor at the Institut Teknologi Bandung in 1960 called Tri Nusa Bimasakti, which means the link between the three islands: Sumatra, Java and Bali. Construction of the bridge would be an ambitious project, being much more expensive than any other single infrastructure investment yet carried out in Indonesia. If the project goes ahead as planned, it would join the list of the world's most expensive transport infrastructure. The project, with an initial estimated minimum cost of at least US$10 billion but probably considerably more, is for a series of bridges carrying a six lane highway and double track railway traversing the three islands of Prajurit, Sangiang, and Ular in the strait. The upper structure with a span of 3,300 meters would be like the Messina ...