List of bridges in Myanmar

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Historical and architectural interest bridges[]

Name (Image) Burmese Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Division Ref.
U Bein Bridge
U Bain Bridge1.JPG		 1 ဦးပိန် တံတား Longest teak bridge in the world 1,200 m (3,900 ft) Trestle
Wood		 Footbridge
 1851 Amarapura
21°53′29.1″N 96°03′21.8″E / 21.891417°N 96.056056°E / 21.891417; 96.056056 (U Bein Bridge)		 Mandalay [S 1]
[1]
Goteik viaduct
8 Goteik (7).jpg		 2 ဂုတ်ထိပ်တံတား Highest bridge in Myanmar
Height : 102 m (335 ft)		 689 m (2,260 ft) Trestle
Steel		 Railway bridge
 1901
22°20′35.5″N 96°51′33.8″E / 22.343194°N 96.859389°E / 22.343194; 96.859389 (Goteik viaduct)		 Shan [S 2]
[2]

Major bridges[]

Name (Image) Burmese Span Length Type Carries
Crosses 		Opened Location Division Ref.

Suspension bridge near Mawlamyine (15148535315).jpg		 1 460 m (1,510 ft) 900 m (3,000 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 Road bridge
Gyaing River		 1999 - Kalagon
16°33′50.0″N 97°43′56.4″E / 16.563889°N 97.732333°E / 16.563889; 97.732333 (Zar Tha Pyin Bridge)		 Mon [S 3]

proposed		 2 360 m (1,180 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete beam deck, concrete pylons

22°20′23.4″N 96°52′00.5″E / 22.339833°N 96.866806°E / 22.339833; 96.866806 (Goteik Bridge)		 Shan

under construction		 3 ဒလတံတား 320 m (1,050 ft) 1,872 m (6,142 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete beam deck, concrete pylons
135+320+135		 Road bridge
Yangon River		 2022 Yangon - Dala Township
16°46′09.9″N 96°08′38.0″E / 16.769417°N 96.143889°E / 16.769417; 96.143889 (Dala Bridge)		 Yangon Region [3]

4 305 m (1,001 ft) 405 m (1,329 ft) Suspension
Steel		 Road bridge
 1999 Minbya
20°23′58.4″N 93°19′32.4″E / 20.399556°N 93.325667°E / 20.399556; 93.325667 (Yar Yamaung Bridge)		 Rakhine [4]
[5]
Leinli Bridge
 5 လိန်းလီကြိုးတံတား 305 m (1,001 ft) 536 m (1,759 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 Naypyitaw and Pinlaung Road
 2010
19°59′28.3″N 96°36′58.1″E / 19.991194°N 96.616139°E / 19.991194; 96.616139 (Leinli Bridge)		 Shan [6]

Bridge to the Future, Myanmar.jpg		 6 300 m (980 ft) 1,154 m (3,786 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
141+300+141		 Hlaing River Road
Yangon River		 2000 Yangon
16°52′49.3″N 96°05′13.3″E / 16.880361°N 96.087028°E / 16.880361; 96.087028 (Aung Zeya Bridge)		 Yangon Region [S 4]
[7]

7 268 m (879 ft) 660 m (2,170 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 Road bridge
Pathein River		 2004 Pathein
16°49′27.5″N 94°43′57.0″E / 16.824306°N 94.732500°E / 16.824306; 94.732500 (Pathein Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [8]

Twante Canal - Myanmar (15274751242).jpg		 8 263 m (863 ft) 1,095 m (3,593 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 Road bridge
Twante Canal		 2006 Twante Township
16°43′52.9″N 96°01′28.3″E / 16.731361°N 96.024528°E / 16.731361; 96.024528 (Twante Bridge)		 Yangon Region [4]
[9]
Irrawaddy Bridge
Sagaing Bridge, Sagaing.jpg		 9 ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ရတနာပုံ) 224 m (735 ft) (x3) 1,711 m (5,614 ft) Arch
Steel tied-arch
112x2+224x3+112x2
Irrawaddy River		 2008 Sagaing - Amarapura
21°52′36.5″N 95°59′45.8″E / 21.876806°N 95.996056°E / 21.876806; 95.996056 (Irrawaddy Bridge)		 Sagaing
Mandalay		 [S 5]
[10]

under construction		 10 ပဲခူးမြစ်တံတား 224 m (735 ft) 2,031 m (6,663 ft) Cable-stayed
112+224+112		 Road bridge
Bago River		 Yangon - Thanlyin
16°47′24.1″N 96°13′57.1″E / 16.790028°N 96.232528°E / 16.790028; 96.232528 (Bago River Bridge)		 Yangon Region [11]
 [JA:]
collapsed in 2018		 11 183 m (600 ft) 387 m (1,270 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck		 Road bridge 1996 Myaungmya
16°35′59.7″N 94°56′45.8″E / 16.599917°N 94.946056°E / 16.599917; 94.946056 (Myaungmya River Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [S 6]
[12]
[13]

dismantled in 2019		 12 183 m (600 ft) 396 m (1,299 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck		 Road bridge
 1998
16°23′45.2″N 94°50′11.6″E / 16.395889°N 94.836556°E / 16.395889; 94.836556 (Labutta Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [14]
[15]

13 183 m (600 ft) 400 m (1,300 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 Monywa-Kalaywa Highway
Myittha River		 2004 Kalewa
23°11′47.2″N 94°17′29.3″E / 23.196444°N 94.291472°E / 23.196444; 94.291472 (Myittha Bridge)		 Sagaing [S 7]
Attaran Bridge
Attaran Bridge.JPG		 14 အတ္တရံတံတား 180 m (590 ft) 430 m (1,410 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel deck and pylons		 Road bridge
 1998 Mawlamyine
16°28′25.0″N 97°40′16.5″E / 16.473611°N 97.671250°E / 16.473611; 97.671250 (Attaran Bridge)		 Mon [S 8]

15 162 m (531 ft) 378 m (1,240 ft) Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		 2004 Myaungmya
16°42′09.4″N 94°54′38.9″E / 16.702611°N 94.910806°E / 16.702611; 94.910806 (Panmawaday Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [16]
 [my]
Bo Gyoke Aung San Bridge (Be Luu Island).jpg		 16 ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းတံတား (ဘီလူးကျွန်း 140 m (460 ft) (x2) 1,586 m (5,203 ft) Arch
Steel through truss arch		 Road bridge
Salween River		 2017 Mawlamyine - Bilu Island
16°26′26.3″N 97°36′33.9″E / 16.440639°N 97.609417°E / 16.440639; 97.609417 (Aung San Bridge)		 Mon [17]
Maha Bandula Bridge
 17 မဟာဗန္ဓုလတံတား 130 m (430 ft) 1,110 m (3,640 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel Truss deck, concrete pylons
55+130+55		 Maha Bandula Road
Pazundaung Creek		 2000 Yangon
16°46′37.0″N 96°10′59.7″E / 16.776944°N 96.183250°E / 16.776944; 96.183250 (Maha Bandula Bridge)		 Yangon Region [S 9]
[4]
[18]

18 123 m (404 ft) (x3) 500 m (1,600 ft) Truss
Steel
66+123x3+66		 Yangon-Pathein Road
Yangon River		 1994 Yangon
16°51′22.6″N 96°05′52.6″E / 16.856278°N 96.097944°E / 16.856278; 96.097944 (Bayint Naung Bridge)		 Yangon Region [S 10]
[4]
[19]

19 122 m (400 ft) 122 m (400 ft) Suspension
Steel		 Min Bu-Ann Road 2010 Ann
19°47′47.7″N 94°03′23.7″E / 19.796583°N 94.056583°E / 19.796583; 94.056583 (Tha Yu-Pa Bridge)		 Rakhine [4]
[20]

20 120 m (390 ft) (x4) 700 m (2,300 ft) Truss
Steel
120x4		 Road bridge
Myitmaka River		 1988 Ma-ubin
16°44′58.9″N 95°39′14.2″E / 16.749694°N 95.653944°E / 16.749694; 95.653944 (Maubin Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [4]
[21]

21 120 m (390 ft) (x14) 2,604 m (8,543 ft) Truss
Steel
96+120x14+96		 Yangon-Pathein Road
Irrawaddy River		 1999 Nyaungdon
17°02′01.7″N 95°33′23.4″E / 17.033806°N 95.556500°E / 17.033806; 95.556500 (Bomyatun Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [4]
[22]

22 120 m (390 ft) (x3) 528 m (1,732 ft) Truss
Steel
84+120x3+84		 Khayae Pin Road
Yangon River		 2001 Yangon
16°55′33.1″N 96°04′30.0″E / 16.925861°N 96.075000°E / 16.925861; 96.075000 (Shwe Pyithar Bridge)		 Yangon Region [4]
[23]

Magwe Bridge.jpg		 23 120 m (390 ft) 2,740 m (8,990 ft) Truss
Steel		 Road bridge
Irrawaddy River		 2002 Magway
20°08′50.9″N 94°54′25.2″E / 20.147472°N 94.907000°E / 20.147472; 94.907000 (Irrawaddy Bridge (Magway))		 Magway [S 11]
[24]
 [my] 24 120 m (390 ft) (x16) 6,262 m (20,545 ft) Truss
Steel		 Road-rail bridge
Irrawaddy River		 2011 Nyaungdon
17°02′23.7″N 95°34′41.4″E / 17.039917°N 95.578167°E / 17.039917; 95.578167 (Irrawaddy Bridge (Nyaungdon))		 Ayeyarwady [Note 1]
[25]
Pakokku Bridge
Pakokku Bridge (29526503768).jpg		 25 ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ပခုက္ကူ) 120 m (390 ft) (x22) 6,278 m (20,597 ft) Truss
Steel		 India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway
Railway bridge
Irrawaddy River		 2012 Pakokku
21°17′52.8″N 95°03′37.3″E / 21.298000°N 95.060361°E / 21.298000; 95.060361 (Pakokku Bridge)		 Magway [Note 2]
[S 12]
[26]
[27]
 [ja]
FriendshipbridgeLAOMYA.jpg		 26 120 m (390 ft) (x3) 691 m (2,267 ft) Truss
Steel
Mekong		 2015 -
20°52′15.0″N 100°32′31.1″E / 20.870833°N 100.541972°E / 20.870833; 100.541972 (Second Myanmar–Lao Friendship Bridge)		 Shan
 Laos		 [28]
[29]
Ava Bridge
Ava Bridge (15581374850).jpg		 27 အင်းဝတံတား 112 m (367 ft) (x9) 1,207 m (3,960 ft) Truss
Steel		 Imphal-Sagaing Road
Mandalay-Monywa line
Irrawaddy River		 1934 Sagaing - Amarapura
21°52′18.4″N 95°59′30.6″E / 21.871778°N 95.991833°E / 21.871778; 95.991833 (Ava Bridge)		 Sagaing
Mandalay		 [Note 3]
[S 13]
[30]
[31]

28 စစ်တောင်းတံတား (သိမ်ဇရပ်) 112 m (367 ft) (x6) 716 m (2,349 ft) Truss
Steel
120x6		 Old Mawlamyaing Road
Railway bridge
Sittaung River		 1961 Waw Township -
17°31′08.0″N 96°52′29.9″E / 17.518889°N 96.874972°E / 17.518889; 96.874972 (Sittaung Bridge (Theinzayat))		 Bago
Mon		 [S 14]
Thanlyin Bridge
 29 သန်လျင် တံတား 112 m (367 ft) (x10) 1,808 m (5,932 ft) Truss
Steel
104+112x10+104		 Road-rail bridge
Bago River		 1993 Yangon - Thanlyin
16°47′25.4″N 96°13′59.2″E / 16.790389°N 96.233111°E / 16.790389; 96.233111 (Thanlyin Bridge)		 Yangon Region [Note 4]
[S 15]
[4]
[32]
Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine)
Tanlwen.jpg		 30 သံလွင်တံတား(မော်လမြိုင်) 112 m (367 ft) (x21) 6,596 m (21,640 ft) Truss
Steel		 National Highway 8
Bago-Dawei line
Salween River		 2005 Mawlamyine - Mottama
16°30′39.1″N 97°37′05.3″E / 16.510861°N 97.618139°E / 16.510861; 97.618139 (Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine))		 Mon [Note 5]
[S 16]
[33]
[34]

31 112 m (367 ft) (x7) 980 m (3,220 ft) Truss
Steel
96+112x7+96		 Road-rail bridge
Irrawaddy River		 2012
19°54′05.2″N 95°04′58.7″E / 19.901444°N 95.082972°E / 19.901444; 95.082972 (Malun Bridge)		 Bago [35]

32 110 m (360 ft) 335 m (1,099 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
77+110+77		 Pathein-Monywa Road
Pathein River		 1991 Ngathaingchaung
17°23′19.0″N 95°03′49.0″E / 17.388611°N 95.063611°E / 17.388611; 95.063611 (Ngawun Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady [36]
Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin)
Sittaung Bridge Moppalin.JPG		 33 စစ်တောင်းတံတား (မုပ္ပလင်) 104 m (341 ft) (x4) 729 m (2,392 ft) Truss
Steel		 National Highway 8
Sittaung River		 2008 Waw Township -
17°31′08.0″N 96°52′29.9″E / 17.518889°N 96.874972°E / 17.518889; 96.874972 (Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin))		 Bago
Mon

34 100 m (330 ft) 300 m (980 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
70+100+70		 Road bridge
Pazundaung Creek		 1985 Yangon
16°48′36.8″N 96°11′32.4″E / 16.810222°N 96.192333°E / 16.810222; 96.192333 (Thuwunna Bridge)		 Yangon Region [37]

35 100 m (330 ft) 253 m (830 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
60+100+60		 Road bridge
Pazundaung Creek		 2018 Yangon
16°47′07.2″N 96°10′45.2″E / 16.785333°N 96.179222°E / 16.785333; 96.179222 (New Thaketa Bridge)		 Yangon Region [38]
 [my] 36 ဘုရင့်နောင်တံတား အမှတ် (၂) 1,262 m (4,140 ft) Truss
Steel		 Yangon-Pathein Road
Yangon River		 2014 Yangon
16°51′24.8″N 96°05′51.4″E / 16.856889°N 96.097611°E / 16.856889; 96.097611 (Bayint Naung Bridge 2)		 Yangon Region [39]
Dedaye Bridge
 37 ဒေးဒရဲတံတား 1,246 m (4,088 ft) Truss
Steel		 Road bridge
Irrawaddy River		 2003 Dedaye Township - Kungyangon Township
16°24′47.8″N 95°53′24.9″E / 16.413278°N 95.890250°E / 16.413278; 95.890250 (Dedaye Bridge)		 Ayeyarwady
Yangon Region		 [40]

under construction		 38 580 m (1,900 ft) Extradosed
Composite steel/concrete box girder deck
AH1
 2021 Gyaing
16°36′27.9″N 98°00′28.0″E / 16.607750°N 98.007778°E / 16.607750; 98.007778 (New Gyaing Bridge (Kawkareik))		 Kayin [41]
[42]

39 ဂျိုင်း-ကော့ကရိတ် တံတား Suspension
AH1
 Gyaing
16°36′26.6″N 98°00′27.9″E / 16.607389°N 98.007750°E / 16.607389; 98.007750 (Gyaing Bridge (Kawkareik))		 Kayin

Kunlong Cable Bridge.jpg		 40 ကွမ်းလုံတံတား Suspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
Salween River		 1965 Kunlong
23°24′37.4″N 98°38′32.5″E / 23.410389°N 98.642361°E / 23.410389; 98.642361 (Kunlong Bridge)		 Shan [43]


List by state[]

  • Bago Division
  • Kachin State
  • Kayah State
    • Thanlwin Bridge (Hpasawng) (Hpasawng Bridge)
  • Kayin State
    • (Hpa-an Bridge)
  • Rakhine
  • Mon State
    • Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyaing)
  • Rakhine State
  • Tanintharyi Division

Notes and References[]

  • Notes
  1. ^ The Irrawaddy Bridge at Nyaungdon is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 3,296 meters, the rail section 6,262 meters and the main truss structure 2,256 meters.
  2. ^ The Irrawaddy Bridge at Pakokku is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 4,126 meters, the rail section 6,278 meters and the main truss structure 3,484 meters.
  3. ^ The Ava Bridge (or Innwa Bridge) was the only bridge spanning the 2,200 Km of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar until the 1990s.
  4. ^ The Thanlyin Bridge is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 2,151 meters, the rail section 2,938 meters and the main truss structure 1,808 meters.
  5. ^ The Thanlwin Bridge is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 3,528 meters, the rail section 6,596 meters and the main truss structure 2,347 meters.
  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  1. ^ "U Bein Bridge".
  2. ^ "Goteik Viaduct".
  3. ^ "Gyaing River Bridge".
  4. ^ "Aung Zeya Bridge".
  5. ^ "Irrawaddy Bridge".
  6. ^ "Myaungmya River Bridge".
  7. ^ "Myittha Bridge".
  8. ^ "Ahtayan River Bridge".
  9. ^ "Maha Bandula Bridge".
  10. ^ "Bayint Naung Bridge".
  11. ^ "Minbu Bridge".
  12. ^ "Pakokku Bridge".
  13. ^ "Ava Bridge".
  14. ^ "Sittaung Bridge".
  15. ^ "Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge".
  16. ^ "Thanlwin Bridge".
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  2. ^ "Gokteik Railway Viaduct, Nawnghkio, Shan, Myanmar". highestbridges.com.
  3. ^ "Bridge Construction, Yangon to Dala township". transport.frontiermyanmar.com - Myanmar Transport Infrastructure Monitor.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.10
  5. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.29
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  7. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.174
  8. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.182
  9. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.47
  10. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project 2, p.8
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  19. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.18
  20. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.51
  21. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.24
  22. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.27
  23. ^ Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.36
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  25. ^ "Golden nut fixed at first truss of Ayeyawady River Bridge (Nyaungdon)" (PDF). burmalibrary.org - The New Light Of Myanmar. 30 January 2011. p. 8.
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  27. ^ "Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku),the longest of its kind in Myanmar, put into service" (PDF). burmalibrary.org - The New Light Of Myanmar. 1 January 2012. p. 8.
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  35. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project 2, p.20
  36. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.180
  37. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.22
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  39. ^ "Bayintnaung Bridge No. 2 opens to traffic". globalnewlightofmyanmar.com.
  40. ^ Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.141
  41. ^ "JICA/Japan join the actual construction works of East-West Economic Corridor at Gyaing-Kawkareik Bridge". jica.go.jp.
  42. ^ "Hazama Ando Corporation - Annual Report 2019" (PDF). ad-hzm.co.jp. p. 6.
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  44. ^ "Dagon Bridge inaugurated in Dagon Myothit Seikkan Township". The New Light of Myanmar. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.

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