Kota Bridge

Kota Bridge, Klang or Jambatan Kota, Klang is the first double-decked bridge in Malaysia. It is positioned in Klang, Selangor. The bridge changed into built among 1958 and 1960 and it changed into a reinforced steel truss girder bridge. The bridge changed into formally opened in 1961 by way of the late Sultan of Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in conjunction together with his coronation as the ninth Sultan of Selangor.

In the Nineties, due to the high capability traffic with the upgrading of the Federal Highway Route into six lane carriageway toll highway from 1991 to 1993. Federal Highway is a Malaysian managed-get right of entry to dual carriageway connecting the capital town of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor.

The double-decked bridge become closed to traffic and the new concrete bridge with six lane carriageway changed into constructed beside the authentic double-decked bridge. The backside deck is a pedestrian walkway bridge at the same time as the pinnacle deck is a motor vehicle bridge. However, in the year 1990s, the pinnacle deck of bridge became renovated into bridge rectangular known as Dataran Jambatan Kota.