Cabinet Secretary (Seskab) Teddy Indra Wijaya said the government had installed two bailey bridges on the Teupin Mane River, Bireuen, Aceh, which were carried out by the Indonesian Army and the Ministry of Public Works (PU).
Teddy said this route is a cross-provincial road that connects Medan-Banda Aceh and districts/cities in Aceh.
"The bailey bridge weighing about 50 tons is a temporary bridge that can also function as a permanent bridge in emergency conditions," Teddy explained through an Instagram upload from the Cabinet Secretariat, quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 6.
He said that from the start, the Indonesian Army together with the Ministry of Public Works worked as quickly as possible to restore access to main roads in affected areas.
The installation process is carried out in mutual cooperation with the local community and lasts 24 hours without stopping every day to catch up with the completion time.
Furthermore, the Teupin Mane River, which initially had an area of 100 meters, since the flood disaster became wider, which was 180 meters.
"With the construction of this bailey bridge, land access is expected to function in the next 2-3 days so that the land logistics distribution route can be connected as quickly as possible," said Teddy.
Previously, the Minister of Public Works, Dody Hanggodo, continued to accelerate the recovery of connectivity infrastructure after the flood and landslide disasters in Sumatra.
He emphasized that the government's top priority is to open all land access, although conditions on the ground are still very challenging.
The Ministry of Public Works continues to accelerate the recovery of connectivity infrastructure after floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra Provinces.
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Emergency handling is carried out for 24 hours so that all major connectivity in the three provinces can immediately penetrate again to support logistics distribution and community mobility, especially during the Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 periods.
Based on the identification results of the Technical Center of the Ministry of Public Works until December 2, 2025, a total of 253 landslide points and 86 flood points caused damage to national roads.
In Aceh Province, there were 46 landslides and 34 flood points which affected 35 national roads and 14 broken bridges.
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