Malacca Strait Bridge Jembatan Selat Malaka (Indonesian) Jambatan Selat Melaka (Malaysian)
Coordinates	2°15′N 101°45′E / 2.250°N 101.750°E / 2.250; 101.750
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Strait of Malacca
Locale	Dumai-Rupat Toll Road (Dupat), Indonesia Teluk Gong-Masjid Tanah-Alor Gajah Expressway (TMA), (Malaysia
Official name	Malacca Strait Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridges (two) Suspension bridge (one)
Total length	48 km (30 mi)
History
Designer	Government of Malaysia Government of Indonesia Straits of Malacca Partners Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Statistics
Toll	No
Location

The Central Spine Road 2 or Malacca Strait Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Selat Malaka, Malaysian: Jambatan Selat Melaka or JSM and Jembatan Selmal) is a proposed bridge that would connect Telok Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca in Peninsular 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-kilometre-long (30 mi) 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.

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, Russia and Japan, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia 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-kilometre-long (30 mi) 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 US$14 billion) with the rest of the financing being provided from regional sovereign funds and private investors.^[5]

Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean (east) with Indian Ocean (west)
The region around the Strait of Malacca

References

^ 'Plans for bridge between Malacca, Dumai', New Straits Times, 20 December 2010
^ Mohd Hazmi bin Mohd Rusli, 'Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Ensuring Safe Navigation' Archived 27 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, RSIS Commentaries, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, No 131/2011, Singapore, 13 September 2011.
^ 'Presiden: JSS Sangat Strategic,' (President: JSS is very strategic) Suara Pembaruan, 6 March 2013.
^ Malacca revives straits bridge project The Star, 15 October 2013
^ 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 Friendship Bridge Malaysia–Singapore Causeway Malaysia–Singapore Second Link First Malaysia–Thailand Bridge Second Malaysia–Thailand Bridge

Planned projects

Labuan Bridge
Malaysia–Philippines Bridge
Indonesia–Malaysia Bridge
Third Malaysia–Thailand Bridge

italics indicated the project is under construction.

v t e Malaysian Expressway System
Interstate	E1 North–South (northern) E2 North–South (southern) E6 ELITE E8 Kuala Lumpur–Karak East Coast E21 Kajang–Seremban E32 West Coast¹ Paroi–Senawang–KLIA² JELAS² Port Dickson-Banting Expressway² Perlis–Langkawi Bridge²
Greater Kuala Lumpur/ Klang Valley and Selangor	E1 New Klang Valley E5 KESAS E7 Cheras–Kajang E9 Sungai Besi Besraya Extension E10 New Pantai E11 Damansara–Puchong (LDP) E12 AKLEH E13 Kemuning–Shah Alam (LKSA) E18 Kajang SILK E19 SUKE E20 MEX E23 SPRINT E25 LATAR E26 South Klang Valley E27 East Klang Valley¹ E30 New North Klang Straits Bypass E31 DASH E33 DUKE DUKE Extension E35 Guthrie Corridor E37 SALAK Kuala Lumpur–Seremban E38 SMART Tunnel E39 Setiawangsa-Pantai Sungai Klang (SKL)² Bangi-Putrajaya (PBE)² Kuala Lumpur North Dispersal (KL-NODE)² Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD link)³
Greater Penang	E15 Butterworth–Kulim E17 Butterworth Outer Ring E28 Penang Second Bridge E36 Penang Bridge Penang Outer Ring³ Penang Undersea Tunnel³ Sungai Juru Expressway²
Johor	E3 LINKEDUA E14 EDL E22 Senai–Desaru Johor Bahru–Pasir Gudang²
East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan)	E24 Tun Salahuddin Bridge
Elsewhere	E29 Seremban–Port Dickson Malacca Strait Bridge² South Kedah² West Ipoh Span²
¹ under construction ² planned ³ cancelled/postponed/on hold

Toll Roads in Indonesia

JIRR	Cawang–Pluit Airport Toll Road Jakarta Port *Ir. Wiyoto Wiyono
JORR	JORR W1 JORR W2 JORR S JORR E1 JORR E2 JORR E3 JORR N
JORR 2	Cengkareng–Batu Ceper–Kunciran Kunciran–Serpong Cinere–Serpong Cinere–Jagorawi Cimanggis–Cibitung Cibitung–Cilincing Tanjung Priok Access
other	Jakarta Elevated Toll Road