Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin)

Sittaung Bridge

စစ်တောင်းတံတား (မုပ္ပလင်)
Crosses Sittaung River
Locale Waw, Bago Region and Moppalin, Mon State
Official name Sittaung Bridge at Moppalin
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation
Characteristics
Total length 729.295 m (2,392.7 ft)
Width 12.192 m (40.0 ft)
Longest span 416.052 m (1,365.0 ft)
Clearance above 6.096 m (20.0 ft)
Clearance below 89.916 m (295.0 ft)
History
Opened 12 July 2008[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic unknown
Toll unknown

The Sittaung Bridge at Moppalin (Burmese: စစ်တောင်းတံတား (မုပ္ပလင်)) is a steel bridge spanning the Sittaung river between Waw, Bago Region and Moppalin, Mon State of Myanmar. The bridge is 729.295 metres (2,392.70 ft) long, and has a capacity of 50 tonnes. It is the second bridge across the Sittaung. The older Sittaung Bridge at Theinzayat cannot serve heavier trucks.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Win Naing (Kyemon) (2009-07-29). "Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin), Gateway to Mon State" (PDF). New Light of Myanmar. HKA (translator). pp. 1, 7.


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