http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/pano1mod.jpg

......taken on 28th January 2004 :D from KOMTAR observation deck! ;)

Here's some pictures of the bridge while I drove thru that morning...... ;)


http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7725sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7727sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7730sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7731sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7733sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7734sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7735sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7736sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7737sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7742sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7744sm.JPG

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7749sm.JPG

here's a bonus......;)

http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/Penang/Penang Bridge/IMG_7753sm.JPG

Cool! So do they have passenger ferries too?

WA!! That is the 1st time I'm seeing the full length panorama of Penang Bridge!! :eek: Waiting for more!
BTW, did you take any pics of Georgetown-view-against-gurney view from the bridge?


Originally posted by rj2uman

Cool! So do they have passenger ferries too?

Yep. The legends :cool:

Can you see it.

http://www4.big.or.jp/~naomy/asia/mla/Penang/View/012.jpg

Originally posted by baqthier

WA!! That is the 1st time I'm seeing the full length panorama of Penang Bridge!! :eek: Waiting for more!
BTW, did you take any pics of Georgetown-view-against-gurney view from the bridge?




Yep. The legends :cool:

nope......I did not stop at the bridge.......and I was driving lah! :D

Originally posted by rj2uman

Cool! So do they have passenger ferries too?

yea.....the passenger ferries are still in operations and are quite similar to those in HK.......;)

I'll post some pictures of em soon.... :D

Here are the pictures of the ferries......



http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/penang/Penang Ferries/IMG_8011sm.JPG


http://ftp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/penang/Penang Ferries/IMG_8013sm.JPG

nice pic sze!!! i realli miss crossin that bridge yo!!! :cry: :cry: before i reach penang i will always turn right and look at that little island near that bridge~ i like it yo!!! thx forda pic!!:D :D

very great pics, szehoong..:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: what is sad is u didn't take any pics of the scenery from the penang bridge;) :(

here r some Penang bridge pics which i took recently:)
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/10512/IMGP0911.jpg
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/10512/IMGP0914.jpg
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/10512/IMGP0915.jpg

Originally posted by Pablo

very great pics, szehoong..:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: what is sad is u didn't take any pics of the scenery from the penang bridge;) :(

yaloh.......going back that time at night lah.....can't stop there :D

....next time lah! ;)

VERY NICE PICTURES PABLO!!! :applause:

:eek: nice effect you've got there! .......the next time I wouldn't wanna be on the driver's seat liao - can't take pictures lah! :D

Ladies and gentlemen,introducing Sze Hoong the photographer stunt man!:P Very well taken la!First time c the whole lenght too!How long does it take to drive from one end to another?

Originally posted by D_Y2k.2^

Ladies and gentlemen,introducing Sze Hoong the photographer stunt man!:P Very well taken la!First time c the whole lenght too!How long does it take to drive from one end to another?

Thanks! :D

I am not too sure how long is the drive but it also depends how fast you drive :D Although I drove thru there only twice........I think a better person to ask would probably be TYW or Pablo ;)

taken from City Bayview
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/14426/Penang%20Bridge.jpg

Originally posted by szehoong

VERY NICE PICTURES PABLO!!! :applause:

:eek: nice effect you've got there! .......the next time I wouldn't wanna be on the driver's seat liao - can't take pictures lah! :D

i hope the government will not change the age to get the driving license..i heard my friend said after Jun, we only can get the license when we r 21 years old..damn lah....:mad:

Originally posted by Pablo

i hope the government will not change the age to get the driving license..i heard my friend said after Jun, we only can get the license when we r 21 years old..damn lah....:mad:

Apparently that is the decision that the goverment have in their mind at the moment. Cheers up. 21 is not that long for you to wait mah :D

Still not sleeping ke? Tomorrow no school ?

Originally posted by ZaHiRnYa???

Apparently that is the decision that the goverment have in their mind at the moment. Cheers up. 21 is not that long for you to wait mah :D

Still not sleeping ke? Tomorrow no school ?

i have to wait 5 years:bleep: TAK BOLEH.....

tomorrow no school;)

Originally posted by Pablo

i have to wait 5 years:bleep: TAK BOLEH.....

tomorrow no school;)

5 years. Can wait mah. If not learn how to drive by yourself la. Even better what.

How come tomorrow no school :? Penang where got Thaipusam as public holiday

Originally posted by ZaHiRnYa???

5 years. Can wait mah. If not learn how to drive by yourself la. Even better what.

How come tomorrow no school :? Penang where got Thaipusam as public holiday

every year also no school lah...they block many roads during Thaipusam u know....sure traafic jam untill late to school 1...

Originally posted by Pablo

every year also no school lah...they block many roads during Thaipusam u know....sure traafic jam untill late to school 1...

No wonder mah. Go to sleep la. It is already 2am. Not good for your health la if go to bed late late like this. :D

Originally posted by ZaHiRnYa???

5 years. Can wait mah. If not learn how to drive by yourself la. Even better what.

How come tomorrow no school :? Penang where got Thaipusam as public holiday

5 years of no fun very long mah, if 5 years of fun then fast lah:D

so, who wanna volunteer to drive me around during the 5 years to keep me happy?? how bout Magician?:colgate:

Originally posted by TYW

5 years of no fun very long mah, if 5 years of fun then fast lah:D

so, who wanna volunteer to drive me around during the 5 years to keep me happy?? how bout Magician?:colgate:

eh...I thought previously you said that you will ask your parent to be your driver ma. Take a motorbike license first la. :D

http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/14426/Penang%20Bridge%20%281%29.jpeg

Originally posted by ZaHiRnYa???

eh...I thought previously you said that you will ask your parent to be your driver ma. Take a motorbike license first la. :D

i scared to take a ride on motorbike lah:bash:

Originally posted by ZaHiRnYa???

eh...I thought previously you said that you will ask your parent to be your driver ma. Take a motorbike license first la. :D

Have you seen how Penangites rode on motorbikes? :dizzy:

They're CRAZY! I am so scared of driving in Penang.........:rant:

Originally posted by szehoong

Have you seen how Penangites rode on motorbikes? :dizzy:

They're CRAZY! I am so scared of driving in Penang.........:rant:

like daredevils:rant:

Eh sze, how about other pics of Penang you took? ;)

Eh sze, how about other pics of Penang you took? ;)


Dun pressure me lah......I got too many pictures already! :dizzy: :D

Where was this taken from ?
Can see one yacth :D
http://www.maskhideout.com/photo/albums/album02/bridge.jpg

it's from the road leading to the bridge. jalan Tunku Kudin if i'm not mistaken. and the other side of the road is where TESCO will be;)

How long is the bridge?

Anyway the suspended part should be much longer.

How long is the bridge?

Anyway the suspended part should be much longer.

the bridge is 13.5 km long. the suspended pert is about 500m if i'm not mistaken

If the Bridge is 13.5 km long, that makes it, like, in the top 5 of the world?

If the Bridge is 13.5 km long, that makes it, like, in the top 5 of the world?

When the bridge just completed, it was ranked at the 3rd longest bridge in the world..but now..i don't know:?

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/lbugnion/malaysia/pics/28865725.jpg

Won't shipping traffic bottleneck at the suspension part? :?

Won't shipping traffic bottleneck at the suspension part? :?




Ships need not pass thru the bridge as the body of water is wide enuf for 'U'-turn :D


Furthermore Penang port isn't Rotterdam or Singapore ;)

The port is not facing Pen. M'sia?

No ports on both sides of the bridge at Penang?

The port is not facing Pen. M'sia?

No ports on both sides of the bridge at Penang?

the ports are on the north of the bridge. the port on the island faces pen. malaysia while the container terminal in Butterworth faces the island;)

what szehoong ment is that the channel is wide enough for ships to make turns, so they don't have to go through the bridge. Besides, the port is not as busy as Rotterdam or Singapore;)

not panoramas...... but because I didn't want to start another thread i just post it here. mods pls change the title of the thread;)



Pictures and article from Asia Explorers

http://www.asiaexplorers.com/penangbridge/frontpic.jpg
One of the massive main columns of the Penang Bridge. Each stands at a height of 101.5 metres, half the height of Komtar.

It took 40 years for the dream of building a bridge to link Penang Island to the mainland to become a reality. Even as early as 1940's, there was traffic congestion on the old ferry terminal.

According to Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, former Chief Minister of Penang, "The authorities considered expanding the ferry service. They also considered having another ferry terminal at another point, or building an island-mainland linkage either with a bridge or a tunnel. As far as I remember, ever since I have been in public life, the question of a linkage with the mainland had been mooted and there were proponents for the bridge, for the tunnel and for another ferry terminal.

"From the late 1950s onwards, there were more people in favour of the bridge."

In the late 1960s, the bridge concept was given added impetus because there was a feeling that Seberang Prai, the mainland part of Penang State, was being neglected in terms of development. When the Gerakan victory swept Tun Dr Lim into power in 1969, the bridge project was pushed ahead because it was in line with the party's election manifesto. However, nothing materialised, and the bridge project became a standing joke at every general election.

It was another decade before any concrete step towards constructing the bridge was to take form. As the eighties roll in, the government of Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamed pushed forward the project. On April 10, 1981, then Utilities Minister Datuk S. Samy Velu announced that the Government was considering two different designs for the bridge - the steel-tied arch in the style of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the cable-stayed concrete girder of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge.

The decision to go with the latter design was announce on 23 July 1981. At that time, the price tag for the bridge was $629 million (yes, at that time, we were still using the $ sign instead of RM). Two months later, the price has been revised upwards to $744 million. It was projected that 50,000 people will use the bridge every day, or about 20 million a year. In April 1982, Dr Mahathir sank the first pile and the dream got closer to coming true.

Between 1981 and 1985, the people of Penang waited eagerly as the bridge took shape over the horizon. Finally on April 13, 1985, Penang island ceased being an island when it was physically linked to the mainland for the first time with the laying of the final slab of the bridge. By the time the finishing touches were put in place, around mid August, 1985, the Federal Government has spent $850 million on the bridge, of which $525 million was for the bridge itself, $180 million for the interchanges on the Prai side, and $28.7 million for land reclamation.

The bridge has an overall length of 13.5km (8.4 miles), with 8.4km over water. The four towers in mid span is 101.5 metres tall, and the bridge is 33 metres above water. The total length of piling for the bridge is 648km, equal to the distance from Butterworth to Johor Bahru. The bridge can withstand earthquake up to 7.5 on the Richter scale.

More than 2300 people were involved in the construction, including about 800 South Koreans from the main contractor, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. Twenty workers died in the construction, with the worst tragedy occuring on October 20, 1984 when five were killed when a crossbeam collapsed.

On Saturday, August 3, 1985, Dr Mahathir drove across the bridge in a red Proton Saga, bringing two national dreams to reality. By his side was Datin Seri Dr Siti Hasmah and in the back seat were Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, then Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu and Proton Chairman Tan Sri Jamil Jan.

Finally, on Sunday, September 15, 1985, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Dr Awang Hassan, opened the bridge to the public and became its first user.

Today 70,000 people use the Penang Bridge daily, with the number exceeding its full capacity of 100,000 on some days. Already plans are afoot to construct a Second Link, from Batu Maung on Penang Island to Batu Kawan on the Prai side. The project, which will be even longer than the present bridge, is expected to commence in 2006, under the 9th Malaysia Plan, and construction is expected to take five years. Until then, the Penang Bridge will continue to be the beloved longest link in Malaysia.

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more pics---> http://www.asiaexplorers.com/penangbridge/index.htm

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6185/penangbridge17lt0.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8498/penangbridge18fo2.jpg

^^ Hmmm...no comment liao...really!!! My comment as usual..."nice", "pretty", "good view/job".....

Enjoy the sightseeing here..:D