{{Infobox bridge | name = Barelang Bridge | image = Jembatan Tengku Fisabilillah (jembatan I).jpg | image_size = 250px | image_upright = | alt = | caption = The cable-stayed '''Tengku Fisabilillah''' Bridge 1, connects Batam Island and Tonton Island | os_grid_reference = | qid = | fetchwikidata = | onlysourced = | carries = | crosses = South China Sea | locale = Batam City, Riau islands | starts = Sagulung District, Batam | ends = Galang District, Batam | official_name = | other_name = | named_for = | owner = | maint = Riau islands Provincial Government | heritage = | id = | id_type = | website = | preceded = <!-- or |upstream= --> | followed = <!-- or |downstream= --> | design = cable-stayed bridge | material = | material1 = | material2 = | length = Bridge 1 - {{convert|642|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 2 - {{convert|420|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 3 - {{convert|270|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 4 - {{convert|365|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 5 - {{convert|385|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 6 - {{convert|180|m|ft|0}} | width = | height = | depth = | traversable = | towpath = | mainspan = Bridge 1 - {{convert|350|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 2 - {{convert|160|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 3 - {{convert|45|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 4 - {{convert|145|m|ft|0}}<br>Bridge 5 - {{convert|245|m|ft|0}} | number_spans = | piers_in_water = | load = | clearance_above = | clearance_below = | lanes = | life = | diameter = | first_length = | first_diameter = | second_length = | second_diameter = | third_length = | third_diameter = | capacity = | num_track = | track_gauge = | structure_gauge = | electrification = | architect = | designer = | contracted_designer = | winner = | engineering = | builder = | fabricator = | built = | begin = 1992 | complete = 1998 | cost = Rp 400 billion | opened = | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | destroyed = | closed = | demolished = | replaces = | replaced_by = | traffic = | toll = | extra = <!-- extra = module = embed = --> | references = | map_cue = | map_image = | map_alt = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = {{coord|0|58|54|N|104|2|30|E|type:landmark_region:ID|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Barelang Bridge''' ({{langx|id|Jembatan Barelang}}) is a chain of 6 bridges of various types built in 1997 that connect the Rempang-Galang island group in the Riau Archipelago with the principal island of Batam to its north. The smaller islands of Tonton, Nipah, and Setotok (considered parts of the Batam island group) connect Batam and Rempang, while a further small island - Galang Baru - is connected at the southern end of the chain. The entire Barelang region covers {{convert|715|km2|0}}.<ref>[http://www.batam.go.id/home/eng/data_geografis.php Bida Website<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011110025/http://www.batam.go.id/home/eng/data_geografis.php |date=2007-10-11 }}</ref>
Some locals call the bridge ''Jembatan Habibie'' after Jusuf Habibie, who oversaw the project in construction, aiming to transform the Rempang and Galang islands into industrial sites (resembling present-day Batam).<ref name="Enjoy Batam">{{cite web|url=https://www.enjoybatam.com/barelang-bridges-batam/|title=What You Should Know about Barelang Bridges Batam|website=Enjoy Batam|first=Akut|last=Wibowo|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartlanderoverseas.com/2018/01/22/what-could-have-been-the-barelang-bridge-and-bj-habibie/amp/|title=What could have been, the Barelang Bridge and BJ Habibie|website=www.heartlandoverseas.com|first=Lion City Boy|last=Zach|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527145049/https://heartlanderoverseas.com/2018/01/22/what-could-have-been-the-barelang-bridge-and-bj-habibie/amp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The concept design for the 6 bridges were proposed by Bruce Ramsay of VSL. Habibie had requested that the designs should be based on a variation of different structural bridge types, in order to introduce & develop new bridge design & building technologies for the Indonesian market. Over time the bridge sites have grown more into a tourist attraction rather than just a transportation route,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indonesia.travel/jp/en/destinations/sumatra/batam/barelang-bridge-architectural-icon-of-batam|title=BARELANG BRIDGE: Architectural Icon of Batam|website=Wonderful Indonesia|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> and the expected economic benefits have not materialized.<ref>https://www.kompas.id/artikel/en-sempat-molor-penyelidikan-tanah-untuk-pembangunan-jembatan-batam-bintan-dimulai</ref>
The full stretch of all 6 bridges total to {{convert|2|km|mi}}. Travelling from the first bridge to the last is about {{convert|50|km|mi|0}} and takes about 50 minutes. Construction of the bridges started in 1992 and took names from fifteenth to eighteenth-century rulers of the Riau Sultanate.<ref name="Enjoy Batam" />
==Bridges== #'''Tengku Fisabilillah Bridge''', connects Batam and Tonton island. It stretches for {{convert|642|m|ft|0}} and is the longest of the six, being a cable-stayed bridge with two {{convert|118|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} pylons and main span {{convert|350|m|ft|0}}.<ref>[http://vslin.com/v4-projects.html VSL Indonesia projects] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230201202/http://vslin.com/v4-projects.html |date=2007-12-30 }} (has a link to Batam-Tonton bridge brochure)</ref> #'''Nara Singa Bridge''', a cantilever bridge with total length {{convert|420|m|ft|0}} and main span {{convert|160|m|ft|0}},<ref>{{Structurae|id=20004149|title=Tonton-Nipah Bridge}}</ref> connects Tonton island with Nipah island. #'''Ali Haji Bridge''', a girder bridge with total length {{convert|270|m|ft|0}} and main span {{convert|45|m|ft|0}},<ref>{{Structurae|id=20008074|title=Setoko-Nipah Bridge}}</ref> connects Nipah island with Setoko island. #'''Sultan Zainal Abidin Bridge''', a cantilever bridge with total length {{convert|365|m|ft|0}} and main span {{convert|145|m|ft|0}},<ref>{{Structurae|id=20008075|title=Setoko-Rempang Bridge}}</ref> connects Setoko island with Rempang island. #'''Tuanku Tambusai Bridge''', an arch bridge with total length {{convert|385|m|ft|0}} and main span {{convert|245|m|ft|0}}, connects Rempang island with Galang island The road deck was constructed using the incremental launching method, whereby the deck was constructed on the bridge approach and then launched horizontally by the use of hydraulic jacks with special sliding bearings out over the previously constructed arch.<ref>{{Structurae|id=20003516|title=Barelang Bridge}}</ref> #'''Raja Kecik Bridge''', the smallest bridge with a total length of {{convert|180|m|ft|0}}, connects Galang island with Galang Baru island.
== Gallery == <gallery> Jembatan Barelang-2.jpg|The arch '''Tuanku Tambusai''' Bridge 5, connects Rempand and Galang islands EUR_500_reverse_(2002_issue).jpg|The reverse image of 500 euro note, the modern architecture bridge inspired from the similar-types of Tengku Fisabilillah cable-stayed bridge </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Barelang Bridge}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090422223718/http://www.batam-island-info.com/barelang-islands.html Your best Batam Island Info guide]}}
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