Pakokku Bridge

Pakokku Bridge
Pakokku Bridge over the Irrawaddy River
Coordinates	21°18′2.8″N 95°3′37″E / 21.300778°N 95.06028°E / 21.300778; 95.06028
Carries	Motor vehicles, Trains
Crosses	Irrawaddy River
History
Designer	Crown Advanced Construction, Myanmar Ministry of Construction
Construction start	2009
Construction end	31 December 2011
Opened	1 January 2012
Location
Interactive map of Pakokku Bridge

Pakokku Bridge is a rail and road bridge across the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar's Pakokku town. The main bridge is 3.4 km (2.1 mi) long with the motorway measuring 4 km (2.5 mi) and the railroad measuring 6.17 km (3.83 mi). The bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.

Construction

The bridge connects the town of Pakokku with the administrative district of Nyaung-U. The bridge has a 28 foot wide motorway and a 14 foot wide roadway in parallel besides two pedestrian walkways measuring three foot and three inches. It is a broad crested type bridge with a 52 foot high and 262 feet wide clearance area. The bridge also has a 512 feet long approach bridge and an 850 feet long approach embankment. The bridge was inaugurated on 1 January 2012 by Vice-president Tin Aung Myint Oo.

Gallery

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  The bridge as the ferry passes below it
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  View of the bridge from the ferry
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  Sunset at the bridge.
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  Ferries plying on the river with the bridge in the backdrop
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  The bridge on a clear day
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  The bridge as night falls

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• List of bridges in Myanmar