Tariffs are based on vehicle class. Building or facility where tolls are collected can be called toll gates, toll houses, toll plaza or in Indonesia, better known as toll booths.
In the development of toll roads is not only built on the mainland alone, a variety of new breakthroughs have been undertaken by various countries including Indonesia. Now the existing toll road built over the sea. Such as Bali Mandara Toll Road which is the first toll road built over the sea in Indonesia, also said Toll Bali Mandara is the most beautiful highways in Indonesia.
On the road some of the world's Longest Sea has been completed and is already in use are:
Toll Road Jiaozhou Bay.
The highway was officially opened by the Chinese government on June 30, 2011. The highway is named Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, located in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. Jiaozhou Bay is the longest cross-sea highways in the world with a length of 42 kilometers or 26.4 miles.At that time to finish this project will cost US $ 1.5 billion, or around Rp 12.8 trillion. Toll bridge is supported by more than 5,000 poles. Work on the bridge was completed in 4 years. This highway every day traversed by 30,000 vehicles, it took 30 minutes for a vehicle can traverse this highway.
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
This bridge connects the southern part of the city of New Orleans, while the northern part is connected with the city of Mandeville. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge, was completed and inaugurated in 1956, and applied as a toll road.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
The toll road has a length of 24.140 km across the bay Chesepake in Maryland USA. This bridge connects the East Coast region rural country with a more urban Western Shore.The original span opened in 1952 and, at that time, with a length of 6.9 km, it is the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. Parallel span was added in 1973.
Toll Road Penang, Malaysia.
Penang bridge is a two-lane highway that connects Bayan Lepas in Penang Island and Seberang Prai on the mainland peninsular Malaysia. The bridge is also related to the North-South Cross Road in Prai and Jelutong Toll Road in Bayan Lepas.The toll road was opened on 14 September 1985. The overall length of the bridge is about 13.5 km, making the bridge is one of the longest bridge in Southeast Asia and is a landmark of Malaysia.
Prior to 1985, the transportation between the island of Penang and the mainland is only served by ferries between Butterworth and George Town. Users only need to pay the fare when heading Penang, and not have to pay when leaving the island, one-way fare of 5.6 Ringgit.
By 2004, a toll bridge was expanded from 4 to 6 lanes to serve traffic increases. Then on August 13, 2009 inaugurated the Minister of Public Works Malaysia Dato 'Shaziman Abu Mansor.
Bali Mandara Toll Road.
Bali Mandara Toll Road toll road over the sea is the first built in Indonesia, the Toll Road was inaugurated by former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 23 September 2013. This toll road is the first toll in Indonesia were built on the sea so it is considered as the most beautiful highway ,For those who have never heard the name of this street, ok will mimin discuss a little bit here. As shown in the photo above, Bali Mandara Toll Road is a toll road that connects the sea above the 3 areas in Bali, Ngurah Rai Tuban area, the Port of Benoa and Nusa Dua.
Besides Bali Mandara Toll Road is the first toll road over the sea which has lanes for two-wheeled vehicles. The track is located on the left shoulder. For every bike that comes in, charged Rp. 4000. The speed limit for vehicles in the toll lanes is 25 to 40 km / h.
Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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