Selang beberapa bulan lepas, banyak kali MrJocko lihat gambar-gambar tentang Victoria Bridge Kuala Kangsar. Semakin lama, semakin ramai singgah untuk bergambar di sini. Timbul persoalan, Victoria Bridge Kuala Kangsar Menarik Ke Atau Poyo Lebih? Siapa boleh bagi pandangan?
Jambatan lama untuk keretapi ini memang sudah lama di bina dan sememangnya sudah uzur. Pun begitu, ia masih lagi utuh untuk kegunaan biasa kerana pejalan kaki dan motosikal masih boleh menggunakan jambatan ini.
Victoria Bridge
Victoria Bridge is a single track railway truss bridge located in Karai, in the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is one of the oldest railway bridges in the country, having been constructed between December 1897 and March 1900 by the Perak Government Railway as a crossing over the Perak River to serve the local tin mining industry. The bridge was officially opened by the late Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak and the British’s Federated Malay States Residents-General Sir Frank Swettenham.
The Victoria Bridge remained in use until 2002, when a wider concrete girder bridge built parallel to the old bridge was completed to take over the role of handling rail traffic. The new bridge is significantly wider, with room to support a second track, but in its early life it was only required to handle a single track until double tracking and electrification was conducted between the Ipoh-Padang Besar line during the late-2000s and early-2010s.
While the old bridge is closed to rail traffic, its adjoining footbridge is still publicly open to motorcycles and pedestrians. Attempts have been made to retain the structure, with occasional maintenance having been conducted on it – Wikipedia
Memandangkan ia sudah lama, jambatan baru sudah dibina bersebelahan Victoria Bridge ini. Tetapi, kalau anda cadang nak ke sini untuk bergambar, apa salahnya. Ada banyak angle menarik yang boleh anda cuba untuk mana-mana photoshot.
Jangan pula ada yang mengadakan cerita tentang Victoria Bridge Kuala Kangsar ini berhantu. Ia mungkin hanya gurauan budak-budak nakal sahaja.
Masa MrJocko ke sana, memang ok jer. Memang la Victoria Bridge ini nampak agak seram, tetapi ia tidak berhantu dan punyai misteri lain. Jangan risau.
Victoria Bridge terbuka secara percuma dan anda boleh lawat bila-bila masa anda suka. Cuma kalau nak ke sini, waktu tengahari waktu sesuai untuk ambil gambar. View di sini boleh kata menarik 🙂