Due to land subsidence, the Love Bridge located at Tidung Bridge, Seribu Selatan Island, Seribu Islands Administration, looks tilted. As a result, its tilt is reaching about 100 out of 800 meters long.

In one week ahead, seven bridge poles will be amplified

To anticipate unwanted things, the Seribu Islands Public Works Sub-Department has done repair on the bridge's buffer foundation and has been ongoing since a week. It is predicted to finish next week.

The Love Bridge itself is one tourist attraction to visit. Every weekend or national holiday, the site is always crowded by hundreds of local and foreign tourists.

Head of Seribu Islands Public Works Sub-Department, Hamdan explained land subsidence caused the bridge tilted about 100 meters on the north side. Besides that, the top of the bridge has begun to crack. Such incident happened in mid-October. 

"In one week ahead, seven bridge poles will be amplified," he told, Monday (11/24).

To prevent similar case, he would check the land structure. As the initial phase, the repair is firstly focused on the bridge's concrete element poles.

"We spend Rp 300 million to repair the bridge. Henceforth, we plan to do the research. If it was needed, we could re-build the bridge," he stated.