Rama III Bridge

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|bridge_name = Rama III Bridge

|native_name = สะพานพระราม ๓

|image = Sunset Krung Thep Bridge.jpg

|caption = Rama III Bridge (higher) and Krungthep Bridge (lower)

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|carries = Six lanes of roadway

|crosses = Chao Phraya River

|locale = Bangkok, Thailand

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|design = Cantilever bridge

|mainspan = 226m

|length = 1864m

|width = 23 m

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|below = 32 m

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|begin = October 1996

|complete = October 1999

|cost = {{NOK|400 million}}{{citation | url = http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/RamahIII_referanse_eng.pdf | title = Reference portfolio – Ramah III bridge | publisher = Aas Jakobsen | accessdate = 12 August 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903024804/http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/RamahIII_referanse_eng.pdf | archivedate = 3 September 2011 }}

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|coordinates = {{coord|13.701519|N|100.492619|E|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

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The Rama III Bridge ({{langx|th|สะพานพระราม 3}}, {{RTGS|Saphan Phra Ram Sam}}, {{IPA|th|sā.pʰāːn pʰráʔ rāːm sǎːm|pron}}), also known as the New Krungthep Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The bridge was completed in 1999 and was designed to alleviate traffic congestion on the adjacent Krungthep Bridge.{{Structurae|id=20003305|title=Krungthep Bridge}}{{cite web |url=http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/krungthep/ |title=New Krungthep Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand |accessdate=2007-11-27 |work=Road Traffic Technology }} The bridge was named in honour of King Nangklao.