Ampera Bridge

Ampera bridge is a bridge in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Ampera bridge, connecting across regions and across Ulu Ilir separated by the Musi River.

Ampera bridge structure is as follows

Length: 1117 m (the middle of the 71.90 m)

Width: 22 m

Height: 11.5 m from the surface of the water

High Tower: 63 m from the surface soil

Distance between towers: 75 m

Weight: 944 tons

Development of this bridge started on 16 September 1960. Development costs are taken from Japan's war reparation funds. Initially, the bridge, the bridge was named Bung Karno. According to historian Djohan Hanafiah, as name of the form of a tribute to the first President of the Republic of Indonesia. Dedication bridge done in 1965, and reinforces the name as the name of Bung Karno bridge. At that time, this bridge is a longest bridge in southeast Asia. In 1966 there were political upheaval in Indonesia and the movement of anti-Soekarno grew so fast, the bridge was also changed to bridge Ampera (Amanat Penderitaan Rakyat). In the beginning, the middle of this bridge can be lifted to the top of the mast so that the body underneath the bridge does not get caught. The middle of the bridge can be lifted with mechanical equipment, two pendulum ballast each about 500 tons in two menaranya. Pengangkatannya speed of about 10 meters per minute with the total time needed to lift the bridge for a full 30 minutes. At the center of the bridge was a boat with a size of 60 meters wide and with a maximum of 44.50 meters high, can plow through the Musi River. Since 1970, the event down the middle of the bridge rise this is not done anymore. The reason, the time used for the bridge is considered to disrupt the flow of traffic on it. In the year 1990, two hanger ballast in the bridge towers is derived to avoid the fall of this second load ballast.