Pakokku Bridge
{{Short description|Longest Bridge of Myanmar}}
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|opened = 1 January 2012
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Pakokku Bridge is a rail and road bridge across the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar's Pakokku town. The main bridge is {{convert|3.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} long with the motorway measuring {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} and the railroad measuring {{convert|6.17|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-pakokku-bridge-over-irrawaddy-river-myanmars-longest-bridge-34km-was-92610013.html|title=Pakouku Bridge}}{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-01/01/c_131338294.htm |title=Myanmar adds longest river-crossing bridge in year-end of 2011 |publisher=Xinhua News Agency |accessdate=5 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105180253/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-01/01/c_131338294.htm |archivedate=5 January 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/15857-hilton-to-sign-with-crown-advanced-for-yangon-hotel.html |title=Hilton to sign with Crown Advanced for Yangon hotel |publisher=The Myanmar Times |accessdate=5 January 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105180251/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/15857-hilton-to-sign-with-crown-advanced-for-yangon-hotel.html |archivedate=5 January 2017 }}
Image:RIVER FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY ON THE IRRAWADDY RIVER MYANMAR FEB 2013 (8541289659).jpg 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 an 850 feet long approach embankment. The bridge was inaugurated on 1 January 2012 by Vice-president Tin Aung Myint Oo.{{cite web|url=http://www.burmanet.org/news/2009/12/15/new-light-of-myanmar-innate-ability-of-the-people-can-be-put-on-record-someway-by-completing-the-longest-bridge-with-best-quality-in-a-short-time/ |title=Innate ability of the people to be recorded with the completion of the longest bridge in a short period of time |publisher=New Light of Myanmar |accessdate=5 January 2017 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010349/http://www.burmanet.org/news/2009/12/15/new-light-of-myanmar-innate-ability-of-the-people-can-be-put-on-record-someway-by-completing-the-longest-bridge-with-best-quality-in-a-short-time/ |archivedate=6 January 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmars.net/enews/2010/myanmar20100905.html |title=Construction Minister looks into progress of two bridges across Ayeyawady River |publisher= New Light of Myanmar |accessdate=5 January 2017}}
Gallery
File:PAKOKKU BRIDGE OVER THE IRRAWADDY RIVER, FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY MYANMAR FEB 2013 (8584394698).jpg|The bridge as the ferry passes below it
File:PAKOKKU BRIDGE,RIVER FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY ON THE IRRAWADDY RIVER MYANMAR FEB 2013 (8550416421).jpg| View of the bridge from the ferry
File:IRRAWADDY RIVER FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY AT DAWN MYANMA FEB2013.jpg|Sunset at the bridge.
File:PAKOKKU BRIDGE OVER THE IRRAWADDY RIVER, FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY MYANMAR FEB 2013 (8583291297).jpg|Ferries plying on the river with the bridge in the backdrop
File:Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) (15581031967).jpg|The bridge on a clear day
File:PAKOKKU BRIDGE OVER THE IRRAWADDY RIVER, FERRY JOURNEY FROM BAGAN TO MANDALAY MYANMAR FEB 2013 (8584388988).jpg|The bridge as night falls
See also
- {{Portal-inline|Transport}}
- {{Portal-inline|Engineering}}
- List of bridges in Myanmar
References
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{{Rail transport in Myanmar}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Mandalay Region