Good News In History September 14
Good News In History September 14 40 years ago today, the Penang Bridge officially opened connecting the Malay Peninsula with the island of Penang. Stretching 5.2 miles across the Penang Strait, it’s the second-longest bridge over water in Malaysia. Architects decided to use a cable-stayed suspension design similar to the Golden Gate Bridge rather than the steel-tied arch style of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. READ a short synopsis of the building challenges… (1985) The whole span of the Penang Bridge – Leonard Kong CC 2.0. Engineers working on the first Penang bridge faced major challenges with ground conditions during construction work. The presence of a layer of mollusk shells, often found in coastal areas, meant the ground at the site was like soft clay. This led to excessive depression of the bridge piles during construction. For each pile, the construction team had to cart in tremendous amounts of material that had been dug up to connect the bridge embankments and road works on land to …
