TUKAD BANGKUNG BRIDGE

The bridge of Tukad Bangkung (Indonesian name: Jembatan Tukad Bangkung) is the highest bridge in Indonesia also in ASEAN. Tukad Bangkung Bridge is located in Plaga Village, Petang District, Badung Regency, Bali - Indonesia. It was also claimed as the highest bridge in Asia.

This bridge was opened on December 19 2006. Tukad Bangkung bridge is the longest bridge in Bali, that connected three regencies, respectively Badung, Bangli, and Buleleng. So, it also can connecting both tourism area of Kintamani in Bangli regency to bedugul in Tabanan Regency, by the availibility of the bridge, then peoples or tourist who want to travel on to both tourism area shall not going through crowded traffic and danger road any longer.

Tukad Bangkung bridge had long 360 metre, wide 9,6 metre, with the highest pillar reached 71,14 metre, and the foundation of the pillar 41 metre under the land. The bridge technology balanced cantilever, with the estimate of the age with for 100 years. The bridge was not built with the roof above, so the people can enjoy the beautiful scenary around it. The construction of the bridge was estimated kept towards the earthquake until 7 Richter scales. The bridge replaced old bridge that his location was 500 metre in the south of Bridge of Tukad Bangkung.

More than Rp. 49 billion of fund needed to build this bridge. The fund came fully from APBD of Bali Province, with the multiyears with the multiyears system since 2001.

* Specification of Tukad Bangkung Bridge

- Type of Bridge : Concrete Box Girder Balanced Cantilever

- Length of Bridge : 360 metre

- Wide of Bridge : 9.6 metre

- Girder (balok penopang): Single Box Girder, Concrete Pre-stressed

- Pier/Pillar : Concrete Pre-stressed, Distance between pillars : 120 metre

- The Highest pillar : 71.14 metre

- Type of Foundation of pier : Caisson with Secant Pile, 41 metre deep

- Type of Foundation of Abutment : Pile Concrete diameter 60 centimetre

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Source : hutama-karya.com

Picture : baliwebmaker.com

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ANTONOV AN-225 , Pesawat Terbesar di Dunia

Foto 1. Pesawat Antonov AN-225 Mriya "The Largest Aircraft in the world"

Foto 2. Pesawat Antonov Mriya AN-225 saat mengangkut Pesawat Ulang alik

Pesawat Antonov AN-225 Mriya atau oleh NATO diberi nama “Cossack” berhak mendapat predikat sebagai The Largest and Heaviest Airplane in The World (Pesawat terbesar dan terberat di dunia). Bayangkan, pesawat buatan Rusia ini memiliki panjang (length) 84 meter, rentang sayap (wingspan) 88,4 meter dan tinggi (height) 18,1 meter. Wow...

AN-225 merupakan pesawat dengan tipe Strategic Airlift Transport Aircraft (Pesawat pengangkut). Pesawat AN-225 memiliki berat maksimum saat takeoff (Max takeoff weight) 600,000 kg dan mampu mengangkut beban (max. load) di atas 250.000 Kg.

Dengan kemampuan membawa beban lebih dari 250 ton, pesawat ini mampu membawa roket, pesawat ulang alik, prajurit dan bantuan kemanusiaan. Pesawat AN-225 juga memiliki rekor sebagai pesawat dengan kemampuan membawa beban terberat dan dicatat di Guiness Book of Record. Selain itu, AN-225 juga memilki banyak rekor lainnya.

Soal kecepatan, AN-225 memiliki kecepatan maksimum (Max Speed) 850 km/h atau 460 knots. Pesawat AN-225 memiliki kemampuan daya jelajah (Range) 15.400 km.

AN-225 pertama kali dioperasikan pada 21 Desember 1988 dan masih dioperasikan hingga kini.
Jelaslah sudah bahwa Pesawat terbesar di dunia saat ini adalah Antonov AN-225 Mirya, bukan Boeing 747 ataupun Airbus 380.

Berikut adalah gambar Perbandingan antara 4 pesawat besar di dunia yaitu Antonov AN-225(hijau), Boeing 747 (biru), Airbus A380 (merah), Hughes H-4 (Oranye)

Sumber/Source : Wikipedia.org

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