Kyungon Bridge

The Kyungon Bridge is a bridge on the Wakema–Kyungon–Myinkaseik–Pathein Road across the Pyamalaw River between Wakema Township and Einme Township in Ayeyawady Region of Burma (Myanmar). The one-way bridge is a Bailey suspension bridge with a span of 500 feet (150 m) but only 14 feet (4.3 m) wide.[1]

Using the Kyungon Bridge to travel from Wakema to Pathein, it is only 55.4 miles (89 km) and thus is the shortest route from Wakema to Pathein.[1] The route through Kangalay is 92 miles (148 km) long and the route through Einme is 86 miles (138 km) long.[1] The bridge was opened on 25 October 2009.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Priority given to development of the roads after Roads Year was designated" The New Light of Myanmar 23 April 2006
  2. ↑ "Kyungon Bridge opened in Wakema Township" MRTV3

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