Friendship Bridge
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Friendship Bridge is the name of a number of bridges linking countries separated by rivers or straits.
Examples:
- Friendship Bridge (Paraguay–Brazil) - linking Paraguay and Brazil
- Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge - linking the People's Republic of China and North Korea
- Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge - linking the People's Republic of China and Nepal (Photograph 1, Photo 2)
- Friendship Bridge (China–Pakistan) - linking the People's Republic of China and Pakistan
- Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge - linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan
- Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge - linking Thailand and Laos
- Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge - linking Qatar and Bahrain (under planning in 2005)
- Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge - linking Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
- Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge - linking Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube
- Bridge between Tachilek (Myanmar) and Mae Sai (Thailand) crossing the Mae Sai River
Friendship Bridge is also the name of a bridge linking two parts of Macau, the Macau Peninsula and Ilha da Taipa, which are separated by water - Sino-Portuguese Friendship Bridge (Ponte de Amizade)
There is also a Friendship Bridge within Bangkok - Thai-Japanese Friendship Bridge - a road viaduct that carries the traffic of Rama IV Road across the intersection with Si Lom Road near Sala Daeng BTS station.
The Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge crosses the Suez Canal in Egypt, and was built with substantial economic assistance from Japan.