Palu IV Bridge

The Palu IV Bridge was an Indonesian suspension bridge that was located in city of Palu in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. It spanned the Palu River, directly at its mouth in Palu Bay, and thus connected the districts of Besuru (East Palu) and Lere (West Palu).

Palu IV Bridge Jembatan Palu IV
Palu IV Bridge in 2010
Coordinates	0°53′8″S 119°51′32″E
Crosses	Palu River
Locale	Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Total length	250 m (820 ft)
Width	7.5 m (25 ft)
Height	20.2 m (66 ft)
History
Opened	May 2006
Collapsed	28 September 2018
Location

The Palu IV Bridge was the first arch bridge on Sulawesi. It was inaugurated in May 2006 by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and had two yellow arches, the middle pillar stood on a small river island. The total length was 250 metres (820 ft), the maximum height of the structure 20.5 metres (67 ft) and the width 7.5 metres (25 ft).

On 28 September 2018, the bridge was hit and destroyed by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.[1]

The government announced that it would rebuild the bridge, taking earthquake safety factors into account.[2] The Japanese development agency JICA is supporting the reconstruction with 2.5 billion yen.[3]