Ampera Bridge

wasandi - 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.

History

The idea to unite the two land in the city of Palembang "Seberang Seberang Ulu and Ilir" with the bridge, actually being there since the days of a town of Palembang, in 1906. We held the office of Mayor of Palembang Le Cocq de Ville, 1924, the idea of sticking it back and made many attempts to realize them. However, until the term of office expired Le Cocq, even when Dutch leave Indonesia, the project was never realized. At the time of independence, the idea of sticking it back. Big City Transitional Legislative Palembang again proposing the construction of the bridge at the time, called the Musi Bridge with na-ma refer the dilintasinya Musi River on the plenary session held on October 29, 1956. This proposal actually tergo-long desperate because the existing budget in Palembang city that will be used as an initial capital of only about USD 30000.00. In 1957, the building committee was formed, consisting of Lord of War Command Military Region IV / Sriwijaya, Harun Sohar, and the Governor of South Sumatra, HA Bastari. Running mate, Mayor of Kilkenny, M. Ali Amin, and Indra believe. This team is making an approach to the Bung Karno to support the plan. Efforts of the Provincial Government and the city of Palembang in South Sumatra, which is fully supported by Kodam IV / Sriwijaya was later to fruition. Bung Karno was then approved the proposed development. Because the bridge is planned to be built with each of the seven legs in the region and 16 Ilir Ulu, which means his position in the city center, Bung Karno and then submit the query. Namely, the placement boulevard or park open at both ends of the bridge. Perform the appointment of executive development firm, with the signing of the contract on December 14, 1961, at a cost of USD 4.5 million (exchange rate at that time, USD 1 = Rp 200.00).

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.

Initially, the bridge, named after the Bridge 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.

Bridge dedication was made in 1965, and also reinforced the Bung Karno name as the name of the bridge. At that time, this bridge is the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. After the political upheaval 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 part of the community.

Feature
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 bridge lifted, 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.

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.