JAKARTA - Cabinet Secretary (Seskab) Teddy Indra Wijaya announced that access to and from Bireuen Regency-Central Aceh Regency in Aceh Province was reconnected after the bailey bridge was completed and installed over the Teupin Mane River by a number of local TNI soldiers.
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The bailey bridge is one of the government's strategies to temporarily replace bridges that were damaged and broken due to flash floods in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra on November 25, 2025.
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"The bailey bridge in Teupin Mane, Bireuen, Aceh Province has now been connected, connecting Bireuen with Central Aceh," said the Secretary of the Cabinet Teddy Indra Wijaya when contacted in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, December 14.
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"1 week ago, the President ordered the Chief of Staff of the Army (KSAD) General TNI Maruli Simanjuntak and his staff to immediately build bailey bridges on various broken bridges and it is hoped that the broken roads can be connected immediately," continued the Presidential Secretariat.
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The Secretary of State, Teddy, then explained that the installation of the steel frame bailey bridge was not easy, considering that the flow of the Teupin Mane River in Bireuen was still quite fast after the flash flood last month.
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"With challenging terrain conditions, the river width reaches approximately 180 meters, the temporary bridge is an important vein to restore land access that was cut off due to heavy flooding and the rapid flow of the river," said the Secretary of the Cabinet Teddy.
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Seskab Teddy continued that not only in Teupin Mane, Bireuen, the government through the Ministry of Public Works together with the Indonesian Army and the community are currently working together to build 50 bailey bridges at points where bridges are broken and damaged due to flash floods.
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"Currently, 50 bailey bridges are being built. The government through the Ministry of PU together with the TNI AD and the community are shoulder to shoulder building this temporary bridge so that the mobility of the people can run again and the distribution of logistics is more smooth," said the Secretary of the Cabinet Teddy.
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President Prabowo, on his second visit to Aceh, directly reviewed the installation of a bailey bridge in Bireuen on December 7, 2025. Checking the bridge was the first agenda of the President when he set foot in Bireuen, one of the districts in Aceh that was affected by flash floods and landslides.
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On the banks of the Teupin Mane River, whose current is still quite fast, President Prabowo gave direct instructions to Minister PU Dody Hanggodo. After that, President Prabowo continued to greet the public, flood refugees and landslides, who enthusiastically welcomed the visit of the President of the Republic of Indonesia in Bireuen Regency.
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"We see that one of the bailey bridges that they are working on (to complete it, red.), hopefully one week it can be opened, and from here we can continue to open three more bridges leading to Bener Meriah and Takengon up," said President Prabowo after reviewing the assembly and installation of the Teupin Mane bailey bridge, Bireuen, Aceh, Sunday (7/12).
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In Teupin Mane, Bireuen, President Prabowo was accompanied by the Secretary of the Presidential Staff Teddy, the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian National Army General TNI Maruli Simanjuntak - who was assigned by the President as the Commander of the Bridge Task Force for the Recovery of the Impact of the Sumatra Disaster, then Minister PU Dody Hanggodo, Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf, Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, TNI Commander General TNI Agus Subiyanto, National Police Chief General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, and Head of the Government Communication Agency Angga Raka Prabowo.
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