Ava Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in Sagaing Region, Myanmar}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox bridge

| name = Ava Bridge

| native_name = အဝ တံတား

| image = {{multiple image

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| total_width = 270

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| perrow = 1/1

| image1 = Ava Bridge .jpg

| caption1 = Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River in 2017

| image2 =

| caption2 = The collapsed Ava Bridge after 2025 Myanmar earthquake

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| coordinates = {{coord|21.8778|95.9792|type:bridge_region:MM|display=inline,title}}

| mapframe = yes

| carries = Rail and road traffic

| crosses = Irrawaddy River

| locale = Sagaing Region, Myanmar

| design = Simple truss bridge with Pennsylvania (Petit) trusses

| material = Steel

| length = 890 m (2,920 ft)

| width =

| height =

| mainspan = 144 m (472 ft)

| number_spans = 9

| piers_in_water = 7

| builder = British engineers

| opened = 1934

| rebuilt = 1954 (after World War II damage)

| collapsed = 2025 (due to the Myanmar earthquake)

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The Ava Bridge ({{langx|my|အင်းဝတံတား}}) was a 16-span simply supported bridge between Ava and Sagaing, Mandalay Division, Burma. It was built by the British in 1934. The bridge was destroyed by the retreating British Army during World War II and was rebuilt in 1954 after Burmese independence. It was the only bridge to span the Irrawaddy River until the early 21st century, when a spate of bridge construction was carried out by the government, including the new Irrawaddy Bridge, completed in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp2000/8-2000/big.htm|title="Big Push" for Sustained Development|publisher=Perspective, August 2000|access-date=2 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usda.org.mm/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1054&Itemid=156 |title=Roads and Bridges |publisher=Union Solidarity and Development Association |date=7 April 2006 |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623042938/http://www.usda.org.mm/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1054&Itemid=156 |archive-date=23 June 2008}}

The Ava Bridge collapsed into the Irrawaddy River due to the 2025 Sagaing–Mandalay earthquake.{{cite news |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Vani |date=28 March 2025 |title=Under-Construction Skyscraper In Bangkok Collapses After 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Myanmar |url=https://www.news18.com/world/myanmar-earthquake-videos-bangkok-skyscraper-collapses-tremors-strong-earthquakes-hit-myanmar-9278285.html |access-date=28 March 2025 |work=CNN-News18}}