ENGINEERING NOSTALGIA
INGENIEUR
Kota Tinggi Bridge before 1962
By Cheo Hong Keyong
The old Kota Tinggi Bridge in Johor was built as a wooden bridge in the early 1900s to cross flood waters during the yearend monsoon period . The bridge spanned across Sungai Johor , the main river in Johor , which is 122.7km long and has a catchment area of 2,636 km 2 .
Kota Tinggi is the main town in the Kota Tinggi District . Contrary to its name , the town is flood-prone . The big flood in December 2006 inundated almost the whole town . A second major flood in January 2007 isolated the town for almost two weeks because of flood waters and landslides . As the Kota Tinggi Bridge is the main link along Federal Route 3 between Johor Bahru and Kuantan up north , traffic was badly affected .
Source : Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia
REFERENCE
Wikipedia Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia
Present view of the new Kota Tinggi Bridge built in 1963 . Photo taken in 2022 .
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