Editing Sunda Strait (section)

==Planned bridge==
{{Main|Sunda Strait Bridge}}

In the 1960s proposals were made for a bridge across the Sunda Strait, and in the 1990s further suggestions arose. A new plan was announced in October 2007. It would use the islands of Ular, [[Sangiang]] and [[Prajurit]] to create a four-part [[suspension bridge]] reaching {{convert|70|m|ft|0}} above sea level. This bridge would have a maximum span of 3 kilometers, around 50% longer than the current record holder, the [[1915 Çanakkale Bridge]]. Construction was projected to begin in 2014 if funding of at least US$10 billion could be secured.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bridge-plan-to-link-java-and-sumatra/2007/10/04/1191091279251.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | first1=Mark | last1=Forbes | title=Bridge plan to link Java and Sumatra | date=October 5, 2007}}</ref>

An accord was signed in April 2012 with [[China Railway Construction Corporation]] for an $11 billion road and double track rail bridge.<ref>[[Railway Gazette International]] June 2012 p25</ref> However, in November 2014 the incoming government of President [[Joko Widodo]] shelved plans to build the bridge.<ref name=Shelve2014>Satria Sambijantoro, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/03/no-more-sunda-strait-bridge-plan.html No more Sunda Strait Bridge plan'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 3 November 2014. See also '[http://www.globalindonesianvoices.com/17165/new-government-will-not-prioritize-sunda-strait-bridge-project/ New Government Will Not Prioritize Sunda Strait Bridge Project'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620002454/http://www.globalindonesianvoices.com/17165/new-government-will-not-prioritize-sunda-strait-bridge-project/ |date=2019-06-20 }}, '' Global Indonesian Voices'', 2 November 2014.</ref>