KPUPR Repairs 37 Old Bridges Ahead Of Nataru Holidays, Targeted For Completion December 19

Construction illustration (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will repair 37 old Callender Hamilton (CH) bridges ahead of the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year (Nataru) holiday momentum.

This improvement was made to support the smooth flow of homecoming during the Nataru holiday.

"So, indeed there are CH-type bridges that are 30 years old or even more, yesterday we did replacements," said Director General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR Hedy Rahadian at the Nataru Preparation press conference "Nataru Road Arrangement Scheme and Alternative & Toll Road Readiness which was held online," quoted on Saturday, December 16.

Hedy revealed that as many as 37 old bridges were spread across four provinces, namely Banten, West Java, Central Java, and East Java. He also targets the completion of the repair of these bridges on 19 December.

"In Banten, such as the Cisadane bridge and the Tazing Bridge. Then in West Java there are 16 bridges, in Central Java 10 bridges and in East Java 9 bridges," he said.

"Indeed, yesterday when the homecoming flow was quite influential on the smooth flow of homecoming, but so far we have targeted this old CH bridge to be completed on December 19, 2023 or before the Nataru holiday," added Hedy.

In addition, said Hedy, the Ministry of PUPR has also completed the repair of a number of broken bridges and were affected by landslides. Two of them are the Cikereteg Bridge which is located on the Bogor-Sukabumi Line, as well as landslides located on the Cibalok Bridge, Bogor. "We have also handled that so that it can function," he said.

Launching the official website of the Ministry of PUPR, the Callender Hamilton Bridge (CH) began construction in Indonesia in the mid-1970s. The bridge is planned to be able to bear 100 percent of the Standard Burden of Highways in 1970.

The CH bridge is planned to be so economical that it produces dimensions of the trunk frame relatively small when compared to other types of steel frame bridges, such as the Dutch, Austrian and Australian steel frames.