Ampera bridge

Ampera bridge is a bridge in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Ampera bridge, which has become a kind of symbol of the city, situated in the middle of the city of Palembang, linking regions and Seberang Ulu Seberang Ilir separated by the River Musi.

• Structure

Length: 1117 m [citation needed] (the center of the 71.90 m)

Width: 22 m

Height: 11.5 m from the surface water

Tower Height: 63 m from the surface soil

The distance between towers: 75 m

Weight: 944 tons

• History

Palembang scenery from the top of tower one of the bridge shall

Bridge construction was started on September 16, 1960, after obtaining approval from President Sukarno. Construction costs were taken from Japan's war reparation funds. Not only the cost, even this bridge using experts from those countries. [1]

At first, this bridge, called the Bridge of Bung Karno. According to historian Djohan Hanafiah, naming it as a form of appreciation to the President first. Bung Karno seriously fight for the desire of Palembang residents, to have a bridge over the River Musi. [2]

The bridge dedication was made in 1965, and also reinforced the Bung Karno name as a bridge. At that time, this bridge is the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. [3rd] After the political upheavals in 1966, when the movement is very strong anti-Sukarno, the name was changed to bridge the bridge shall (Suffering People's Mandate). Waiting for the New Face of the bridge shall

Around the year 2002, there were discourses to return the name of Bung Karno, as the name of this bridge shall. But this proposal did not receive support from the government and some communities. [1]

• Feature

Although this bridge was not raised in the middle, not too tall ships could still pass kolongnya

In the beginning, the middle body of this bridge can lift up the mast in order to not get caught passing underneath the bridge entity. The middle of the bridge can be removed with mechanical equipment, two each pendulum weights about 500 tons in two towers. The speed of his appointment about 10 meters per minute with a total time required to fully lift the bridge for 30 minutes.

At the center of the bridges removed, the vessel 60 meters wide and with a maximum height of 44.50 meters, can pass to the Musi River. When the bridge was not lifted, the maximum height of vessel can pass under the bridge only nine meters from the surface of the river water. [4]

Since 1970, the activity of ascending and descending the middle of this bridge is not done anymore. The reason, the time used to lift the bridge is considered to disrupt the flow of traffic on it.

In 1990, the pendulum weights on the bridge tower was lowered to avoid the collapse of the burden of this ballast. [1]