Malacca Strait Bridge

The Malacca Strait Bridge (Malay/Indonesian: Jambatan/Jembatan Selat Melaka/Malaka or JSM and Jembatan Selmal) is a proposed bridge that would connect Telok Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca state in Peninsula Malaysia, Malaysia to Rupat Island and Dumai in Sumatra island, Indonesia.^[1] The project has been submitted for government approval, and is expected to take 10 years to complete. Once completed, the 48-km long bridge will be the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The project will have two cable-stayed bridges and one suspension bridge, both the longest in the world.

Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean (east) with Indian Ocean (west)

The region around the Strait of Malacca

The construction of a bridge of this kind would have numerous implications, including for the management of ship movements through the Malacca Straits, one of the busiest shipping channels in the world.^[2]

Timeline

• In March 2013 during a visit to China, Germany and Japan, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the construction of the planned Sunda Strait Bridge would have priority. He said that four years earlier he had turned down a request from Malaysia to support the construction of the Malacca Strait Bridge because the construction of such a bridge would facilitate the depletion of resources in Sumatra 'by Asia'.^[3]
• On 15 October 2013, the Malacca State Government revived the controversial 48 km-long Malacca-Dumai, Indonesia, bridge project across the Straits of Malacca, after a seven-year lull.^[4] The Exim Bank of China was reportedly prepared to fund up to 85% of the cost of the project (estimated at around US$14 billion) with the rest of the financing being provided from regional sovereign funds and private investors.^[5]

References

1. ↑ 'Plans for bridge between Malacca, Dumai', New Straits Times, 20 December 2010
2. ↑ Mohd Hazmi bin Mohd Rusli, 'Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Ensuring Safe Navigation', RSIS Commentaries, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, No 131/2011, Singapore, 13 September 2011.
3. ↑ 'Presiden: JSS Sangat Strategic,' (President: JSS is very strategic) Suara Pembaruan, 6 March 2013.
4. ↑ Malacca revives straits bridge project The Star, 15 October 2013
5. ↑ Yong Yen Nie and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, 'China's EXIM bank to fund most of Malacca-Indonesia bridge project', The Jakarta Post 18 October 2013.

Main bridges and causeway in Malaysia
Present connections	Local Penang Bridge Second Penang Bridge International Brunei–Malaysia Bridge Malaysia–Singapore Causeway Malaysia–Singapore Second Link First Malaysia–Thailand Bridge Second Malaysia–Thailand Bridge
Future planned projects	Labuan Bridge Malaysia–Philippines Bridge Indonesia–Malaysia Bridge Third Malaysia–Thailand Bridge
italics indicated the project is under construction.

Malaysian Expressway System
History	Chronology of the Malaysian Expressway System
Interstate (Peninsula Malaysia)	North–South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) Kuala Lumpur – Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) Butterworth–Kulim Expressway (BKE) Kajang–Seremban Highway (LEKAS/KASEH) # West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) ^ Paroi-Senawang-KLIA Expressway (PSKE) ^ Port Dickson-Banting Expressway (PDBE) ^ Jelas Expressway (Jelas) ^ Perlis-Langkawi Bridge
Interstate (East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan))	Tun Salahuddin Bridge
Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley and Selangor	New Klang Valley Expressway (part of the North–South Expressway Northern Route) Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) Cheras–Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) Besraya Expressway (BESRAYA) New Pantai Expressway (NPE) (including ^ NPE Extension Expressway) Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) Ampang – Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) Kemuning – Shah Alam Highway (LKSA) Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) Maju Expressway (MEX) (Kuala Lumpur – Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) and KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway) Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (KLS) (Assam Jawa-Templer Park Highway (LATAR)) South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) # East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) (Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road (KLORR)) New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) # Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) (including # DUKE Extension Expressway) Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) East–West Link Expressway and Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) ^ Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) * Kuala Lumpur Arah Serendah Expressway (KLAS) ^ Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya Expressway (SKIP) * Kinrara–Damansara Expressway (KIDEX)
Iskandar Malaysia and Johor	Second Link Expressway (Malaysia–Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL) Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) ^ Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX)
Penang	Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) * Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Bridge * Penang Undersea Tunnel
Others	Seremban – Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) ^ Malacca Strait Bridge ^ South Kedah Expressway (Lekas) D-- # Kota Bharu–Kuala Krai Expressway ^Jelas Expressway
#: under construction, ^: under planning and development, *: cancelled / postponded / on hold

Coordinates: 2°15′N 101°45′E / 2.250°N 101.750°E / 2.250; 101.750