Kizuna Bridge
{{Short description|Bridge in Kampong Cham, Cambodia}}
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|crosses= Mekong River
|locale= Kampong Cham, Cambodia
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|mainspan= 170 m
|length= 1,500 m
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|open= 4 December 2001
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The Kizuna Bridge{{efn|{{langx|km|ស្ពានគីហ្សុណា|Spéan Kihsŏna}}; {{IPA|km|spiən kiːzonaː}}}} is a bridge on the Mekong River in the city of Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham Province.
It was opened in 2001 and was the first bridge to be built over the Mekong River in Cambodia.{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100E976E8700498A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=First Bridge over Mekong|last=Streeby|first=Richard|date=9 December 2001|publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune|accessdate=30 January 2009|archive-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016215046/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100E976E8700498A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}
Construction
Construction of the bridge was funded by a $56-million grant from the Japanese government. At 1500 metres it was the longest bridge in Cambodia until the 2002 construction of the Koh Kong Bridge, a 1900-metre Thai-Cambodian bridge in Koh Kong.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1691159.stm|title=First Mekong bridge opens in Cambodia|date=4 December 2001 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=30 January 2009}} The Kizuna bridge links eastern and western Cambodia by road for the first time. Construction of the bridge began in 1999, and took three years to complete. An estimated 10,000 people crowded the bridge for the opening ceremony.{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8927258EFDDE1E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=First bridge over Mekong in Cambodia opens amid celebrations|date=4 December 2001|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=30 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609222218/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8927258EFDDE1E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
Gallery
File:Kizuna_Bridge_2020.jpg|Kizuna Bridge in 2020
File:Aerial View of Kizuna Bridge and Kampong Cham City.jpg|Aerial View of Kizuna Bridge and Kampong Cham City
File:Kizuna Bridge (Kampong Cham - Tboung Khmum).jpg|Kizuna Bridge
{{wide image|Kizuna Bridge.jpg|1100px|align-cap=center|Panoramic View of Kizuna Bridge and Kampong Cham}}
Notes
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