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

Pakokku Bridge is a rail and road bridge across the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar's Pakokku town. The main bridge is 3.4 km long with the motorway measuring 4 km and the railroad measuring 6.17 km. The bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest of the bridges over the Irrawady and Myanmar.[1][2][3]

The bridge as seen during the ferry journey from Bagan to Mandalay.

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 a 850 feet long approach embankment. The bridge was inaugurated on 1 January 2012 by Vice-president Tin Aung Myint Oo.[4][5]

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