Misplaced Pages

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
Location

Pakokku Bridge is a rail and road bridge across the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar's Pakokku town. The main bridge is 3.4 km (2.1 mi) long with the motorway measuring 4 km (2.5 mi) and the railroad measuring 6.17 km (3.83 mi). The bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.

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.

Gallery

• The bridge as the ferry passes below it
• View of the bridge from the ferry
• Sunset at the bridge.
• Ferries plying on the river with the bridge in the backdrop
• The bridge on a clear day
• The bridge as night falls

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• List of bridges in Myanmar

References

1. "Pakouku Bridge".
2. "Myanmar adds longest river-crossing bridge in year-end of 2011". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
3. "Hilton to sign with Crown Advanced for Yangon hotel". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
4. "Innate ability of the people to be recorded with the completion of the longest bridge in a short period of time". New Light of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
5. "Construction Minister looks into progress of two bridges across Ayeyawady River". New Light of Myanmar. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

v t e Rail transport in Myanmar
Railway line	Lower Myanmar Yangon–Mandalay Yangon–Mawlamyine Pathein–Letpadan Taungdwingyi–Magway Pyinmana–Myingyan Kyaukpadaung–Chauk Pathein–Pakokku Yangon–Pyay Tanintharyi Line Upper Myanmar Mandalay–Myitkyina Mandalay–Lashio Yangon–Mandalay Monywa–Pakokku Kalaw–Thazi Kalaw–Loikaw Kalaw–Lawksawk Shwenyaung–Mongnai
Urban railway	Yangon Circular Railway Mandalay Circular Railway Yangon Urban Mass Rapid Transit
Abolished railway	Yangon Tram Mandalay Tram Hlaingthaya–Hinthada Pakokku–Kalay Nyaunglebin–Madauk Madaya Light Railway
Railway bridges	Goteik viaduct Thanlwin Bridge Ava Bridge Pakokku Bridge
Others	List of railway stations in Myanmar History of rail transport in Myanmar Burma Railway Burma Mines Railway

• Bridges in Myanmar
• Buildings and structures in Mandalay Region
• Bridges completed in 2011
• 2011 establishments in Myanmar