AMPERA BRIDGE

Ampere bridge is locate on sout Sumatra, it is an icon of Palembang city. Ampere bridge connect seberang ulu and ilir. At the first time the name of this bridge is bung karno bridge it is one of appreciation to bung karno for  seriously fight Palembang residents desire, to have a bridge over the River Musi. But after the political upheaval in 1966, when anti-Soekarno movement is very strong, the name of the bridge was changed to Ampera“amanat penderita rakyat”.

Ampera bridge has Length: 1,117 m (71.90 m middle section) width: 22 m height: 11.5 m from surface water, tower height: 63 m above the ground , the distance between the tower: 75 m  and weight: 944 tons. This bridge This bridge was once the longest bridge in Asia. Everyday there are a lot of vehicle accros this bridge. We will find a traffic jam in the morning because there are a lot of people will go to school,work and in the evening there are a lot of people want to go home. As an icon of Palembang city there are much tourist take a photo in this bridge and around the bridge. In the night this bridge full of the lamp and look so wonderfull.
Now ampere bridge still exist and still being the icon of Palembang city