Bridge Ampera (AMANAT PENDERITAAN RAKYAT).

Ampera Bridge is a bridge in the city of Palembang ,South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Ampera bridge, which has become a symbol of the city, located in the middle of the city of Palembang, linking regions and Seberang Ulu Seberang Ilir separated by the River Musi.

This bridge construction began on September 16, 1960, after obtaining approval from President Sukarno. Construction costs taken from the Japanese war reparation funds. Not only the cost, the program uses the bridge experts from these countries. At first, the bridge called the Bridge Bung Karno.

According to the Hanafi Djohan historian, giving the name as a form of tribute to the first President. Bung Karno seriously fight Palembang residents desire, to have a bridge over the River Musi. Bridge dedication conducted in 1965, and confirmed the name of Bung Karno as a bridge. At that time, this bridge is the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. After the political upheaval in 1966, when the anti-Sukarno's very strong, the bridge's name was changed to Bridge Ampera (AMANAT PENDERITAAN RAKYAT).

In the beginning, the middle of the body of this bridge to be lifted up so that the mast is not caught by the body underneath the bridge. The center of the bridge can be removed with mechanical equipment, two pendulum respective weights about 500 tons in the two towers. Appointment speed of about 10 meters per minute with a total time required to lift full-bridge for 30 minutes.

At the center of the bridge removed, the ship with 60 meters wide and with a maximum height of 44.50 meters, can pass across the Musi River. If the center of the bridge is not removed, the maximum height that the ship could pass under the bridge Ampera only nine meters from the surface of the river water. Since 1970, the activity of ascending and descending the middle of this bridge is not done anymore.

The reason, the time used to lift the bridge is considered to interfere with traffic flow on it. In 1990, the pendulum weight on the bridge tower is lowered to avoid the collapse of the ballast weight.