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The Ampera Bridge is a vertical lift bridge in Palembang that connects Seberang Ulu and Seberang Ilir which lie separated by Musi River. It was inaugurated on September 30, 1965, by the Minister/Commander of the Army at the time Lieutenant General Ahmad Yani. The date also holds significance as the Lieutenant General was killed by the troops of the 30th September Movement, a couple of hours after the bridge was opened to public. The bridge was built in effort to make something as grand as the Tower Bridge in London. The Bridge was initially named after the president, known as Bung Karno Bridge, but after his tenure ended, the bridge was renamed to Ampera Bridge. Ships can no longer pass from under the bridge as it was officially stated in 1970 that the bridge would not open anymore, a major reason for this being an inconvenient disruption of the traffic flowing from the two regions it connects because the mere operation of the bridge’s large wings would take about half an hour. During the time the bridge could be opened, it would rise up at a speed of 10 meters per minute for ships of a maximum height 44.5 meters to pass underneath the bridge. The bridge also had ballast weights in place to balance it, but they were removed in 1990 to prevent foreseeable accidents. Initially, the color of the bridge was gray which was then changed to yellow in 1992. Further, it was changed to red in 2002 when Megawati was the President of Indonesia. The Ampera Bridge was funded by the Japanese war reparations with the Fuji Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd. as the in-change company for designing and constructing of the bridge under the First President of Indonesia. The structure is also historically significant as at the time, Fuji Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd. had no bridge-building experience and it was the first bridge of its kind to be built in Indonesia. According to the text, what is the purpose of building the vertical lift Ampera Bridge? a. To accelerate the traffic flow b.To make the first vertical lift bridge in Indonesia c. To make something as grand as the Tower Bridge in London d.To connect Seberang Ulu and Seberang Ilir which is separated by Musi River e. To commemorate Lieutenant General Ahmad Yani as the initiator of the Ampera bridge

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