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KUALA KANGSAR, 18 Jun -- Para pengunjung tidak melepaskan peluang sempena cuti Aidilfitri untuk melawat dan menikmati keindahan reka bentuk Victoria Bridge Kuala Kangsar hari ini.Jambatan Victoria atau dikenali sebagai Victoria Bridge adalah salah satu tarikan pelancong ke sini kerana keindahan reka bentuknya dan salah satu lokasi terbaik untuk merakam gambar kenangan. Lokasi Jambatan Victoria terletak di Enggor Kuala Kangsar dengan No Pengenalan Jambatan 333.Dahulunya ia adalah sebuah jalan keretapi dan sekarang menjadi laluan pejalan kaki dan motosikal.Jambatan yang menyeberangi Sungai Perak ini telah dibina pada tahun 1897 hingga 1900 dan telah di rasmikan pada 21 March 1900 oleh Sultan Perak Sultan Idris Mursyidul Azzam Shah.Jambatan ini dibina dengan kos 300,000, dengan panjang 1000 kaki dan ketinggian 40 kaki selain mempuyai tujuh perentang dan gelegar 1,158kaki dan di bina menggunakan gelang besi kekisi dan batu bata.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA KANGSAR: Visitors taking advantage of the Hari Raya break looking at the beautifully crafted design of the Victoria Bridge here. It is a single track railway truss bridge located in Karai, Perak.

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. — Bernama

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