Malaysia-Singapore Second Link

Infobox Bridge in Malaysia
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bridge_name=Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
official_name=Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
malay_name=Laluan Kedua Malaysia-Singapura
locale=Malaysia
Second Link Expressway
Singapore
Ayer Rajah Expressway
carries=Motor vehicles
crosses=Straits of Johor
mainspan=150m
length=1920m
width=25m
open=1998
maintained by=Malaysia
PLUS Expressway Berhad
Linkedua Malaysia Berhad
Singapore
Land Transport Authority
design=box girder bridge
designer=Malaysia
Government of Malaysia
Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM)
United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM)
Singapore
Government of Singapore
Land Transport Authority
construction=United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM)

Malaysia-Singapore Second Link ( _ms. Laluan Kedua Malaysia-Singapura) is a bridge connecting Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In Singapore, it is officially known as the Tuas Second Link. The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor-Singapore Causeway, and was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998. The twin-deck bridge supports a dual-three lane carriageway linking Kampong Ladang at Tanjung Kupang, Johor to Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at Tuas, Singapore. The total length of the bridge over water is 1,920 m (6,300 ft).

At Malaysian side, the bridge is connected to the Second Link Expressway MES-E|3 (Malay: "Lebuhraya Laluan Kedua Malaysia-Singapura") also known as "Linkedua Expressway", which links from Senai North Interchange JKR|EXIT 253 at North-South Expressway, Senai Airport and Taman Perling, Johor Bahru via its extension known as Johor Bahru Parkway. In Singapore, the bridge connects to Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at the western end of Ayer Rajah Expressway.

The checkpoint on Singapore side, the Tuas Checkpoint, was built on 19.6 ha (47.4 acres) of reclaimed land at a cost of S$485 million. Designed by CPG Corporation, it involved the use of 54,000 cubic metres of concrete and 18,000 tones of reinforcing steel, and won the Architectural Design Award and Best Buildable Design Award awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects and the Building and Construction Authority respectively [http://www.cpgcorp.com.sg/portfolio/viewdetails.asp?Lang=EN&PCID=2&PDID=14] .

Usually, traveling along the second link is much faster than traveling on the Causeway, as the traffic is smoother in both directions. However, during festive periods (especially Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Christmas and Deepavali), the huge amount of traffic going between Malaysia and Singapore still leads to massive jams on both the causeway and the second link.

How to get there

From Malaysia

The approach to the bridge is via the Second Link Expressway, which can be accessed by exiting the North-South Expressway MES-E|2 at JKR|EXIT 253 Senai North Interchange. Alternatively, motorists can also enter the expressway via Taman Perling which also joins with Pasir Gudang Highway (Federal route JKR|17 and Skudai Highway (Federal route JKR|1). The expressway link to Taman Perling is also known as Pontian-Johor Bahru Parkway.

From Singapore

The bridge is directly accessed via the Ayer Rajah Expressway, along with other supporting roads around the vicinity of the Tuas industrial area.

Toll charges from 1 Feb 2008

Tanjung Kupang Toll Plaza (TTK) (Malaysia)

References

ee also

*Johor-Singapore Causeway

External links

Malaysia

* [http://www.plus.com.my PLUS Expressway Berhad]
* [http://www.secondlink.com Second Link]
* [http://www.llmnet.gov.my Malaysian Highway Authority]

ingapore

* [http://www.lta.gov.sg Land Transport Authority]

Others

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=1.352394,103.62751&spn=0.081345,0.1157&z=13 Google Maps link] showing the Second Link, with Tanjung Kupang, Malaysia, at left and Tuas, Singapore, at right.