BIMP-EAGA: The Sunda Straits Bridge between Java & Sumatra Island …

The bridge across the Sunda Strait will connect Merak Port in western Java with Bakauheni Port in southern Sumatra, and is expected to alleviate chronic traffic congestion at the Merak-Bakauheni ferry crossing. ... It will take three more years to conduct a feasibility study before construction can begin in 2012. The project is expected to be completed in 2025, she said. The bridge will have six road lanes and two railway tracks. It will rise 70 meters above the sea. ...

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