Cimande bridge closed for repairs

Cimande bridge closed for repairs

BOGOR (JP): The 45-meter-long and seven-meter-wide Cimande
bridge, the major connection between Ciawi and Sukabumi, will be
temporarily closed to traffic from next Thursday until end of
this year.

Head of the road construction agency of the West Java Public
Works Rohman said on Friday repair work on the 10-year-old steel
construction bridge was expected to be accomplished in December.

"An emergency bridge has been built nearby to accommodate the
heavy flow of vehicle traffic from Ciawi and Cibadak and vice
versa," he said.

Located at the KM 24 of Jl. Ciawi-Cibadak, the repair work
started in early August, he added.

Both construction work on the bridge and the emergency bridge
would cost about Rp 868 million, Rohman said.

"Only vehicles with a maximum weight of 15 tons would be
allowed to pass through the emergency bridge," he explained,
meaning that trailers, container trucks and petrol tankers would
be prohibited from using it. (21/bsr)