BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam, Feb 9 (NNN-TDD BRUNEI) – Brunei will soon have the longest bridge in Southeast Asia, taking away the title from its current holder, the Second Penang Bridge (Sultan Abdul Halim Muazam Shah Bridge) in Penang, Malaysia.
The Temburong bridge is now under construction, and it will not just be Borneo’s longest, but also possibly the region’s as well.
At 30-km long and jutting out into the Brunei Bay, it will link up the two enclaves of the sultanate, now physically sliced in half by Sarawak’s Limbang district.
This is the largest infrastructure project Brunei has ever carried out, making it an instant landmark once completed.
The bridge is slated for completion in Nov, 2019. Once completed, there will be no need for Bruneians to crisscross Sarawak when travelling from the Brunei-Muara district (the main population centre, which includes the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan) to the wilderness that is largely the Temburong district.– NNN-TDD BRUNEI
