Tangerang–Merak Toll Road (also known as the Banten highway) as a part of Trans-Java toll road

Trans-Java toll road

-Background:Two centuries ago , Dutch East Indies colonial government has made De Groote Postweg or Great Post Road with 1,000 kilometers length between Anyer, Banten province and Panarukan, Situbondo, East Java province...

 is the second toll road to have been constructed in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, subsequent to the Jagorawi Toll Road

Jagorawi Toll Road

The Jagorawi Toll Road was the first toll road in Indonesia. Construction on the highway began in 1973 by some 200 workers at a cost of 350 million Indonesian rupiah per kilometer; it was officially opened by President of Indonesia Suharto on 9 March 1978....

 in 1981. Operated by Marga Mandalasakti, the road connects Tangerang

Tangerang

Tangerang is a city in the Province of Banten, Indonesia. It is located about 25 km west of Jakarta. It is the third largest urban center in the Jabotabek region after Jakarta and Bekasi. It has an area of 164.54 km² and an official intercensal estimated population of 1,537,244 for 2005...

 and Merak harbour, which further connects by ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 to Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

 island. The road passes through Cikupa

Cikupa

Cikupa is a town in the province of Banten, Java, Indonesia. The population is 174,200....

, Balaraja, Kragilan, Ciujung, Serang

Serang

Serang is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The administrative center of the regency and the capital of the province is the independent municipality of Serang...

, Cilegon

Cilegon

Cilegon is a major coastal industrial city in Banten province, Indonesia, covering 175.51 sqkm and has an official intercensal estimated population of 338,027 for 2007...

, and Merak.

External links

• PT Jasa Marga website