Noefefan Bridge
The Noefefan Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Noefefan, Tetum: Ponte Noefefan) is a two-lane road bridge over the Tono River in the suco of Lifau, a village in Oecusse, the East Timorese exclave on the north western coast of Timor. As of 2017, when the bridge was inaugurated, it was the largest bridge ever built in East Timor. It connects several isolated communities west of the river with Pante Macassar to its east.
Noefefan Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 9°12′30″S 124°18′46″E |
| Carries | Pante Macassar–Citrana National Road |
| Crosses | Tono River |
| Locale | Lifau, Oecusse, East Timor |
| Official name | Noefefan Bridge |
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| Characteristics | |
| Design | Tied-arch |
| Material | Concrete, steel |
| Total length | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
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| Height | 20 m (66 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3, each 120 m (390 ft) long |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
| Design life | 100 years |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | Waagner Biro Indonesia |
| Constructed by | PT Adhi Karya (Persero), Tbk |
| Construction start | April 2015 |
| Construction cost | US$ 17 million |
| Inaugurated | 10 June 2017 |
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A World Bank report published in 2016, the year before the bridge was completed, observed that 95% of Oecusse households participating in a survey had expressed dissatisfaction with the state of roads and bridges in that region. However, the East Timorese government development program of which the bridge is a part has not been universally praised, and as of 2018, the paved road over the bridge ended abruptly at the latter's western extremity.