Barelang Bridge

If you go to Batam Island, you won't get the full experience unless you visit Barelang Bridge. Barelang is an iconic bridge of Batam. It's the third longest bridge in Indonesia after Posopati Bridge in Bandung. The length of Barelang bridge is 2.264 meters. Barelang is an abbreviation of the three islands names: Batam, Rempang, and Galang. Barelang Bridges link the tiny island of Tonton Nipah to the larger Setoko, Rempang, Galang, and Galang Baru Island together. All bridges afford visitors convenient access as though they are travelling on a single large island.
People usually visit the bridge just to take pictures or to have lunch or snacks from many food stalls or warungs located near this bridge. You can buy a sweet roasted corn here and coconut juice. Dragon fruits, a local fruit of Batam are also sold here, as well as other local snacks.
Barelang bridge was built in 1992 and completed in 1998. The bridge is an architectural masterpiece Barelang of Mr. BJ Habibie, who was serving as Minister of State for Research and Technology. Construction of the bridge costed more than 400 billion rupiahs. The amount spent is validated when viewed from the splendor of this solid-looking bridge.
In afternoons and evenings, the bridges become a tourist area for the residents of the island of Batam. On weekends and holidays, the tourists who come not only from local people, even from abroad such as from across the country like Singapore and Malaysia, because the location of Batam is very close to Singapore and Malaysia.

If you stop by the city of Batam, do not miss a visit to the “icon” of city of Batam. They say, if you have not visited Balerang bridge, you have not been to Batam.