Ahead Of Lebaran 2023 Homecoming, Juwana Bridge In Pati Begins To Be Opened Slowly After Repair

Illustration. Two-wheel special vehicles began to be promoted across Bridge 2, Dompak Island, Tanjungpinang whose foundation was damaged. (ANTARA-Nikolas P)

ATENG - Juwana Bridge in Pati Regency, Central Java (Central Java), which was previously burned and dismantled for repairs, has been opened and passed by vehicles.

The opening ahead of the 2023 Lebaran homecoming is only one lane, because there is still work to be completed.

The bridge, which has a length of 80 meters, opened on Saturday, March 1, at 23.30 WIB, or earlier than the initial plan on April 15, 2023.

The opening of the bridge, which was repaired by PT Bukaka Teknik Utama, made the traffic density on the Pantura Line begin to decompose.

General Superintendent Bukaka Teknik Utama Fachrizal Naikem di Pati, Jateng, Minggu mengungkapkan jembatan tersebut memang baru dibuka untuk satu lane karena masih ada pekerjaan akhir di petestrian sisi kanan dan kiri.

The work, he said, is estimated to take a month.

All types of vehicles, he added, include vehicles with large weights such as trucks and trailers that can pass because they are designed the same as toll roads with a maximum burden on vehicles issued by the Directorate General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR.

Ahead of Lebaran, the bridge will be opened in two lanes in order to reduce the density of traffic flow on the Pantura Pati-Rembang Line, which is usually quite dense for travelers.

Rain that fell again in the Pati area again caused traffic congestion on the Pantura Line because along Jalan Pantura Pati-Rembang, apart from the repair of the bridge, repair of damaged roads.

The repair work finally resulted in traffic flow from Pati to Rembang and vice versa, so that in the morning when people left for work and in the afternoon when they came home from work there was traffic congestion. However, with the opening of the Juwana Bridge, the density of vehicles could certainly be decomposed.