Malaysia and Singapore are
connected with the only one causeway across the Johor Straight. Therefore it
causes
a heavy traffic congestion at rush hours every day. Malaysia-Singapore
Second Crossing (MSSC) bridge is planned and constructed to stimulate for
economic activities of western Malaysia as well as improve traffic conditions
at the causeway. The 1919m long bridge which links Landang in Johor and Tuas in
Singapore across the Johor Straight (including 1769m long within Malaysian
Territory) was completed on September of 1997 in only 36 months. And in order
to complete this bridge in this short term
construction period, the pre-cast
segment construction method was adopted for approach span of 1,377m long,
though remaining 357m long main span was constructed by the method of cast
in-situ. This report describes a construction of the bridge in Malaysian
territory.