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The Suramadu Bridge (Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya-Madura Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge currently under construction between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia.
The bridge will have two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. When complete in 2008 (scheduled), the 5.4-kilometer bridge will be the first land link between the two islands and the longest bridge in Indonesia.
Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 2.38 trillion rupiah (US$320 million).
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