Sudirman Road
A view of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
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| Other name(s) | Sudirman Road |
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| Former name(s) | Djalan Raja Djendral Sudirman |
| Owner | Pemprov DKI Jakarta |
| Maintained by | Dinas Pekerjaan Umum DKI Jakarta |
| Length | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
| Location | South Jakarta and Central Jakarta |
| South end | Patung Pemuda Membangun |
| North end | The bridge of West Flood Canal |
Jalan Jenderal Sudirman or Jalan Sudirman (Sudirman Road) is a major thoroughfare in Jakarta. The road runs from Patung Pemuda Membangun at the south end to the bridge of the West Flood Canal at the north. The road had been built between 1949 and 1953 to connect Central Jakarta with Kebayoran Baru. The historically-prominent road is located in one of Jakarta's central business district area, marking the western side of Jakarta Golden Triangle and the eastern side of Jakarta Platinum Triangle.
Sudirman road is one of the prominent main road in Jakarta because of its central location in the business district of Jakarta and because of its history. Sudirman Road was constructed in the late 1940s and was the foundation of the modern image of Jakarta. The name Sudirman was derived from a National Hero Sudirman, whose statue was erected near the north end of the road in September 2001. The entire length of Sudirman Road marks the boundary of Central Jakarta (north of the road) and South Jakarta (south of the road).
Sudirman road is subject to Jakarta's heavy road congestion. In June 2016, an odd-even traffic scheme was implemented on Sudirman road, replacing the "Three-in-One" scheme which was introduced on December 23, 2003. The replacement was deemed necessary in order to eliminate social issues e.g. informal profession of car jockeys, which caused more problem than solution. The odd-even license plate scheme would serve as a transitional regulation before the electronic road pricing system is implemented in 2017.
Sudirman Road and Thamrin Road were built between 1949 and 1953 with the purpose to connect the suburb Kebayoran with Central Jakarta. The plan of Sudirman Road has been laid out at least since the colonial period in the 1930s as part of Batavia's street network expansion plan to the south of the west Flood Canal. The street planning that would become Sudirman Road is probably the only street planning south of the canal from the colonial period that was actually implemented after Indonesia's independence. The area where Sudirman Road would be laid were mainly kampung settlements, with rice plantation along the west bank of Krukut River and patches of coconut and fruit tree plantations.
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