Kukar bridge Tenggarong, East Kalimantan collapsed

Kukar bridge Tenggarong, East Kalimantan collapsed around 16:00 CDT this afternoon. As a result a number of motor vehicles are still submerged in the Mahakam River below the rider. 
According to the testimony of residents near the scene, Mahakan bridge collapse after they hear the sound of a broken object is very loud.
after checking into the scene, there are many bridges are broken grate. Incidentally, when the incidence of collapse of this bridge repairs are being carried out by relevant officers.
The bridge was built in 2002. This bridge is to contact the City Tenggarong and Tenggarong Opposite to the city of Samarinda. Currently rescue teams are still doing the evacuation of victims who are still there on the surface of the river. 
Kukar bridge is a bridge crossing over the Mahakam River and is the longest suspension bridge in Indonesia. Free span, or a dependent without a buffer area, reaching 270 meters, of the total length of the bridge that reaches 710 meters.
This bridge is a means of liaison between the city Tenggarong Tenggarong Across the district leading to the city of Samarinda. The bridge was built to resemble the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco found.
Bridge mammal is the second bridge built across the Mahakam River after bridge Mahakam in Samarinda is known as the Golden Gate and its Borneo because it resembles a bridge in San Francisco, United States. This bridge was built in 1995 and completed in 2001 with the contractor PT Hutama Works that deal with the bridge construction project.
This bridge is also the access to Samarinda or vice versa which can be reached only about 30 minutes. Past the bridge there Kukar interesting sights can be witnessed, the stretch of a small island that separates Tenggarong and District Tenggarong Seberang, namely Kumala Island, an island that has been transformed into Recreation Area Tourism is in great demand by tourists because of the archipelago is a family recreation area that is almost similar to Ancol Dreamland in Jakarta.

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