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Penang, Malaysia

Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge

Penang, Malaysia

Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge
Photo: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge, also known as the Penang Second Bridge, is a cable-stayed dual carriageway toll bridge completed in 2014 that connects Bandar Cassia in Seberang Perai on Peninsular Malaysia to Batu Maung on Penang Island. At 24 kilometers in total length with 16.9 kilometers spanning water, it is Malaysia's longest bridge and Southeast Asia's second longest after Brunei's Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge. Constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company beginning in November 2008, the project experienced multiple completion delays before opening officially on 1 March 2014. Its high-tech design was modified to resemble the original Penang Bridge as a cost-reduction measure, and the bridge was financed substantially through a major loan from China, serving as the second link between Penang Island and the mainland.

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cable-stayed bridge, road bridge
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Penang, Malaysia

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