- Buloh Kasap Bridge
Infobox Bridge in Malaysia
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bridge_name=Sungai Muar Bridge
official_name=Buloh Kasap Bridge
malay_name=Jambatan Buloh Kasap
locale=Jalan Gemas-Segamat
carries=Motor vehicles ,Pedestrians
crosses=Muar River
mainspan=--
length=--
width=--
open=--
maintained by=Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Segamat
design=arch bridge
designer=Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)
construction=Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)Buloh Kasap Bridge is a famous historical bridge during
World War II . It is located on Federal route JKR|1 in the town ofBuloh Kasap ,Johor ,Malaysia . The bridge is built acrossMuar River "(Sungai Muar)" which flows pass Buloh Kasap.The old bridge of Buloh Kasap was built by British government during the construction of Federal Route 1. However, the British soldiers demolished a part of the bridge during World War II to stop the advance of Japanese soldiers from moving forward to
Singapore . After the war ended, a new bridge was constructed just beside the old one.When the stretch of Federal Route 1 was upgraded from
Gemas toAyer Hitam recently, the bridge was upgraded to a single-lanedual carriageway bridge to fulfil the latest standards of Malaysian federal roads.
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