The Malacca Strait Bridge (Malay

Malaysian language

Malaysian or Standard Malay is the official language of Malaysia and a standardized form of the Malay language of the Austronesian family. It is over 80% cognate with Indonesian and is spoken natively by over 10 million people...

/Indonesian

Indonesian language

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: Jambatan/Jembatan Selat Melaka) is a new bridge under proposal that would connect Telok Gong

Telok Gong

Telok Gong is a small village in Malacca state, Malaysia. This village is located near Masjid Tanah town....

, near Masjid Tanah

Masjid Tanah

Masjid Tanah is a major town in district of Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia. The name Masjid Tanah originates from a mosque built from soil . The town has been inhibited since mid 1500 AD starting from a small village...

, Malacca

Malacca

Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...

 state in Peninsula Malaysia, Malaysia to Rupat Island and Dumai

Dumai

Dumai is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The city has an area of 1727 km² and has 174,465 inhabitants . Dumai is an important transport and trade centre, both regionally and international ....

 in Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

 island, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. The project has been submitted for government approval, and is expected to take 10 years to complete. Once completed, the 48-km long bridge will be the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The project will have two stay-cable bridges and one suspension bridge, both the longest in the world.

Reference

• Plans for bridge between Malacca, Dumai New Straits Times
  New Straits Times
  The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print , having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the "New Straits Times" in 1965. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English...
  
  , Monday, December 20, 2010

External links

• Strait of Malacca Crossing website
• There are also plans for a Sunda Strait Bridge
  Sunda Strait Bridge
  The Sunda Strait Bridge is a planned road and railway megaproject between the two Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java...
  
  to connect Java and Sumatra.