Sultan Nazrin Shah Bridge

Sultan Nazrin Shah Bridge Jambatan Sultan Nazrin Shah
Coordinates	4°02′22″N100°50′09″E / 4.039489°N 100.835942°E / 4.039489; 100.835942
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Sungai Perak
Other name	Bagan Datuk Bridge
Maintained by	Public Works Department (JKR) Bagan Datuk Belati Wangsa
Characteristics
Design	Beam bridge
History
Designer	Government of Malaysia JKR
Engineering design by	Naza Engineering & Construction
Built	2017
Location

The Sultan Nazrin Shah Bridge (Malay : Jambatan Sultan Nazrin Shah), also known as the Bagan Datuk Bridge, is a single carriageway bridge in Perak, Malaysia. It connects the town of Bagan Datuk with FT 5 Malaysia Federal Route 5. The total length spans 10.2 km, ^{[1] [2]} 1.5 km being over the water with the rest being viaduct on unstable soft marine clay. ^[3] The bridge was undertaken by Naza Engineering & Construction with a total cost of RM 446.9 million ^[2] and was opened on the 1 June 2023, ^[4] it was subsequently renamed to Sultan Nazrin Shah Bridge on 7 October 2023. ^[5] It reduced travel time between Bagan Datuk and Perak Tengah District from 1 hour to 15 minutes. ^[2]

Award

On 31 October 2025, the bridge won second place in the Community Road Category of the Mino Best Project Award at the 17th Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia Conference. ^[6] The award was received by Public Works Minister, Alexander Nanta Linggi. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Bagan Datuk-Kampung Sejapgop bridge recognised as best Asia-Pacific project". The Star . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
2. "Naza EC Awarded Major Construction Project Linking Bagan Datuk With Perak Tengah And Manjung Districts" . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
3. Ali, Faisal. "Field Behavior and Numerical Simulation of Coastal Bund on Soft Marine Clay Loaded to Failure". ResearchGate. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
4. "1.5km-long Bagan Datuk Bridge across Perak River open from June 1". The Star. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
5. Bernama (7 October 2023). "Sultan Nazrin opens Bagan Datuk Bridge, now named Sultan Nazrin Shah Bridge | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
6. Mahalingam, Santhakumar a/l (31 October 2025). "Bagan Datuk-Kampung Sejapgop bridge recognised as best Asia-Pacific project". The Star. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
7. "Bagan Datuk-Kampung Sejagop bridge wins Asia-Pacific engineering award". 31 October 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
8. BERNAMA (31 October 2025). "Bagan Datuk-Kampung Sejagop Bridge Recognised As Best Asia-Pacific Project". BERNAMA. Retrieved 1 November 2025.