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The tripod pylon of the Datuk Amar Juma'ani Bridge over Sungai Bintangor, Kuching
Bridges & Waterfronts

Datuk Amar Juma'ani Bridge

Satok, Kuching

Kuching's newest icon — Malaysia's only tripod-pylon cable-stayed bridge, glowing over Sungai Bintangor since 2025.

Kuching's newest landmark opened in August 2025 at Satok: the Datuk Amar Juma'ani Bridge over Sungai Bintangor, the only bridge in Malaysia carried by a dramatic three-legged 'tripod' pylon. Inspired by Rotterdam's Erasmus Bridge, its 52-metre tower and 32 cable stays carry a four-lane crossing and pedestrian walkways, with design motifs drawn from the keringkam embroidery of the local Malay community.

Lit by LEDs after dark, it has instantly joined the Darul Hana Bridge among Kuching's night-time icons — and it's only the beginning: the even larger Sejingkat Bridge, a 1.28km cable-stayed crossing of the Sarawak River with twin 94-metre diamond pylons, is under construction downstream and due to open around 2026, linking the city toward Bako and the coastal road east.

Highlights

  • Malaysia's only tripod-pylon cable-stayed bridge (52m tower, 32 stays)
  • Keringkam-embroidery design motifs honouring Satok's Malay heritage
  • LED-lit spectacle after dark — best from the riverside walkways
  • Part of a new generation of Sarawak bridges, with the 1.28km Sejingkat Bridge next (due ~2026)

Good to know

  • Pedestrian walkways run along the crossing — evening is the best time to see the lighting
  • Named in honour of the late Datuk Amar Juma'ani Tuanku Bujang, wife of Sarawak's Premier
  • Watch for the Sejingkat Bridge opening (~2026) — it will be Sarawak's most dramatic river crossing yet

Getting there

The bridge crosses Sungai Bintangor at Jalan Ajibah Abol in Satok, a few minutes' drive west of central Kuching — easy to combine with the Satok weekend market and a night drive past the lit-up pylon.

Cover photo: Esther Siaw (CC BY 4.0); gallery photos as captioned — all via Wikimedia Commons.