Repair Of The Kali Glidik II Lumajang Bridge Completed, This Is The Hope Of The Ministry Of PUPR

The Ministry of PUPR has completed the repair of the Kali Glidik II Bridge in Lumajang Regency, East Java. (Photo: Doc. PUPR)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has completed the repair of the Kali Glidik II Bridge in Lumajang Regency, East Java.

It is known that the repairs made to replace the Kali Glidik II Bridge which was cut off due to the cold lava flood of Mount Semeru on Friday, July 7, 2023.

"This bridge can finally be passed functionally after a static and dynamic loading test was carried out on Monday, October 30," said Head of the East Java-Bali National Road Implementation Center (BBPJN East Java-Bali) Rakhman Taufik in his official statement, Friday, November 3.

Rakhman said that previously the national road access between the two districts was hampered and diverted to the north, with the functionality of the new Kali Glidik Bridge which is expected to facilitate traffic and logistics flow in the southern route of East Java.

"The work to replace the Kali Glidik II Bridge which collapsed due to the cold lava flood on July 7, 2023, was completed eight days earlier than the original target time, namely November 10, 2023," he said.

He added that the East Java-Bali BBPJN had coordinated with the Class II East Java Land Transportation Management Center (BPTD), the Malang Regency and Lumajang Regency Transportation Service, the police and other related parties, to discuss the open traffic of the Kali Glidik II Bridge.

"With the completion of the Kali Glidik II Bridge, the connectivity of the southern route between Malang Regency and Lumajang Regency is again connected," said Rakhman.

The new Kali Glidik II Bridge is a steel frame bridge with the permanent steel frame bridge Type A-45 with a span of 45 meters (m) and a width of 9 m.

In addition, the package for replacing the Kali Glidik II Bridge also includes handling the 200 m long short road.

For your information, the Kali Glidik II Bridge was built in 1970, so it is 53 years old.

The bridge has also been destroyed due to the impact of the cold lava flood of Mount Semeru in July 2023.

Now, the new bridge that has been built by the Ministry of PUPR has a total length of 38 m with a width of 6.80 m.

The building on this bridge is in the form of permanent steel gelagar and consists of 3 spans.