The 600-metre bridge, which cost RM8.9 million (US$2.23 million) to build, features a three-metre-wide bicycle lane and 1.5-metre-wide pedestrian lane, The Star reported.
Malaysia’s first spiral bridge for bicycles and pedestrians has opened to the public in Penang last week. The Jambatan Harapan crosses the Bayan Lepas Expressway and reaches the Lebuhraya Sungai Nibong and Bayan Baru roundabout at Krystal Point.
The 600-metre bridge, which cost RM8.9 million (US$2.23 million) to build, features a three-metre-wide bicycle lane and 1.5-metre-wide pedestrian lane, The Star reported.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said that the state government had carried out many projects to encourage cycling and turn Penang into a cycling state since 2008.
The bicycle path master plan drawn in 2010 comprises about 180km of bicycle lanes on the island to be created in stages by 2020.
“So far, 95% of the plan spanning 171km has been successfully created.
“One of the main parts is the Coastal Cycling Route from Tanjung Tokong via George Town to the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge,” he said at the launch of the spiral bridge in Bayan Lepas on Sunday.
Presently, 37.3km out of 39.3km of the Coastal Cycling Route has been completed.
Construction of the bridge was funded by the city council, with work beginning on July 18, 2016 and completing on May 17.