Kyungon Bridge
16°41′53″N 95°9′12″E / 16.69806°N 95.15333°E The Kyungon Bridge is a bridge on the Wakema–Kyungon–Myinkaseik–Pathein Road across the Pyamalaw River between Wakema Township and Einme Township in Ayeyawady Region of Burma (Myanmar). The one-way bridge is a Bailey suspension bridge with a span of 787 feet (240 m) but only 14 feet (4.3 m) wide.[1]
Using the Kyungon Bridge to travel from Wakema to Pathein, it is only 55.4 miles (89 km) and thus is the shortest route from Wakema to Pathein.[1] The route through Kangalay is 92 miles (148 km) long and the route through Einme is 86 miles (138 km) long.[1] The bridge was opened on 25 October 2009.[2] The bridge was commissioned on 20 March 2022, by State Administration Council members Aye Nu Sein and Moung Har as part of the 77th Armed Forces Day celebration.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Priority given to development of the roads after Roads Year was designated" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine The New Light of Myanmar 23 April 2006
- ^ "Kyungon Bridge opened in Wakema Township" Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine MRTV3
- ^ Myanmar News Agency (21 March 2022). "787-foot long Kyungon bridge commissioned into service in Wakema, Ayeyarwady Region". Global New Light of Myanmar.
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