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In my City ,Ampera Bridge is the most popular place.now I'm gonna tell you a short story about Ampera Bridge.

Construction of bridge movement begin in April 1962, after obtaining the approval of President
Soekarno.
Construction cost of the booty taken from the fund in Japan in other words all the responsibilities of the Japanese government contractors and workers. At first, the 1177-meter long bridge with a width of 22 meters, the bridge named after Sukarno. According to historian Djohan Hanafiah, giving the name as a form of tribute to the first president RI. Bung Karno in earnest desire of citizens to fight for Palembang, to have a bridge over the river musi.
At the center of the bridge removed, the vessels of 60 meters wide and with a maximum height of 44.50 meters, can pass across the river musi. When the center of the bridge is not removed, the maximum height that the ship could pass under the bridge Ampera is only nine feet of water surface sungai.Sejak 1970, the Ampera bridge is no longer increased or decreased. The reason, the time used to raise the bridge, which is about 30 minutes, is considered to disrupt the traffic flow between the opposite side of ulu and ilir, two regions are separated by the Palembang city musi river.
Ampera bridge this divide musi river that connects the upstream and downstream areas of the Palembang city. Ampera bridge has also become a symbol of community pride and community in particular palembang south sumatra general. not only as a symbol of the city of Palembang, but the Ampera bridge is also a nice tourist spot. because the Ampera bridge not far from there is a story of development and history of the Ampera bridge.
Ampera Bridge had renovated in 1981, to spend
around Rp 850 million. Renovations carried out after fears of the threat of damage Ampera bridge could make it collapse. Along with the euphoria of the 1997 reform, some auto thieves stripped the bridge is unknown. Theft is done by climbing the tower bridge, and cut some parts of the bridge is not working. The color of the bridge had already experienced three times the change from a standing start is grayed out in 1992 continues to change and the last yellow to red in 2002 until now.
If you spend hollyday in palembang ,don't forget to see Ampera Bridge