Talk:Penang Bridge
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It should be more clear in which direction you pay the toll - "Perai toll plaza (enter bridge only)" doesn't mean much to most people. Do you pay to leave the island or enter the island? Also, I heard that a Korean company built the bridge. If anyone knows who that was, that would be nice to mention here also. --Commking 03:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- You only have to pay when you enter Penang island, this is the same case for the nearby ferry service. I was travelling on the bridge last night, wonder if the toll fare of vehicles should be listed in the article. And it needs some copyediting too. I'm not sure about the company who built the bridge though. --Andylkl [ talk! | c ] 08:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
The company that built the Penang Bridge was the parent company of PLUS Expressways Berhad and Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd, United Engineers Malaysia (UEM). Hezery99 04:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] False information
The bridge is 80 km in length? furthermore 8.4 mile doesnt correspond to 80 km. It's roughly 13 km instead. __earth (Talk) 02:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Further to EarthTalk comment, Penang Bridge not under PLUS Expressways Berhad (PEB) but under UEM Builders Berhad. The concession of Penang Bridge also seperate from PLUS (awarded by the government under different concession agreemeent). Please refer to http://www.uembuilders.com/uembb_group.php and http://www.penangbridge.com.my/. --Suryasuharman 08:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mis-leading information
Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me that has a personal gripe with the stated official length of this bridge. I have traveled it many times already and I do not believe it should be stated as being 13.5 km long. Here is the break down that I have been able to measure while driving it.
Shore to shore, is about 8.05 km. It is stated on this page that the over water is 8.4 km and i think is a pretty generous figure here.
Mainland elevated side is about 0.4 km, and the toll both is another 0.3 km further inland (0.7 km from shore)
Island elevated sided is a bit more complicated since the road seperates into 2 different directions. Going north towards GeorgeTown, both directions are elevated for about 0.4 km inland. Going south and leaving the bridge is only elevated for about 50 meters, whereas the on ramp from the south is elevated about 0.6 km on the shore.
My guess is that the 13.5 km stated distance is the total road length distance for the whole bridge project including completely crounded roads from the previously exiting roads, which to me is a great over statement of what a normal person would consider a part of this bridge length. It is pretty easy to verify the distances I have provide from the google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=14&ll=5.357538,100.353069&spn=0.050077,0.088749&t=k&om=1
To me this just shows how a country can mis-lead the rest of the world in how long their bridge really is.
I would like to see this wiki page changed to a more realistic distance preferably shore-to-shore of 8.05 km or elevated bridge distance 8.5 km to 9.05 km. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.111.187.7 (talk) 11:27, 17 February 2007 (UTC).
Perhaps you can refer to the following link for the bridge schematic drawing (bridge detail description) for reference: http://www.penangbridge.com.my/bridgedetails.php --Suryasuharman 08:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, and accordingly it can be seen that 8.4 is the elevated bridge and there is anditional 5.1 KM of project surface roads including the toll plaza which are not elevated in any way. I believe the 13.5 KM should be changed to clarify that is "project length" since the way it is now can easily confuse most into thinking that is the distance over water.
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