Dedaye Bridge
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Dedaye Bridge also known as the Ayeyarwady-Dedaye Bridge is a bridge
linking Kungyangon Township
in Yangon Division
and Dedaye Township
in Ayeyawady Division in southern Burma. It crosses the Ayeyawady River.
The construction of Dedaye Bridge across Toe River started on 10 June 2000. The bridge is equipped with reinforced concrete piers, RCD bole piles and steel frame. It is 4088.3 feet (1,246.1 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and has six-foot-wide pedestrian lanes on both sides. The clearance under the bridge is 36 feet (11 m) high and 350 feet (106.7 m) wide. The bridge can bear 60-ton loads.
Dedaye Bridge was built by Public Works of the Ministry of Construction. the Dedaye Bridge linking Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions was opened on 23 March 2003 7.30 am as a gesture of hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day by member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann.
The opening ceremony of Dedaye Bridge was held at the pandal near the bridge in Kungyangon Township
. The bridge with the length of over 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) is part of the Yangon-Kungyangon-Dedaye-Pyapon-Kyaiklat-Maubin-Yangon Main road. With the use of the bridge, one can travel Pyapon-Kyunkadon-Seikma-Ahma trip, Pyapon
-Bogale
trip, Maubin
-Nyaungdon
-Pathein
and Nyaungdon
-Hinthada trips and Nyaungdon
-Thandwe
of Rakhine State
trip.
It was built at a cost of Kyats 3,550 million and 1.6 million US dollars. The Dedaye Bridge was built in two years and nine months. Then, Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann and party posed for a documentary photo together with Deputy Superintending Engineer of Public Works U Khin Maung Win and officials in front of the archway.
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
linking Kungyangon Township
Kungyangon Township
Kungyangon Township is a township of Yangon Region. It is located in the southwestern part of the Region, by the Andaman Sea....
in Yangon Division
Yangon Division
Yangon Region is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region in the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban in the south, and Ayeyarwady Region in the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former...
and Dedaye Township
Dedaye Township
Dedaye Township is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar....
in Ayeyawady Division in southern Burma. It crosses the Ayeyawady River.
The construction of Dedaye Bridge across Toe River started on 10 June 2000. The bridge is equipped with reinforced concrete piers, RCD bole piles and steel frame. It is 4088.3 feet (1,246.1 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and has six-foot-wide pedestrian lanes on both sides. The clearance under the bridge is 36 feet (11 m) high and 350 feet (106.7 m) wide. The bridge can bear 60-ton loads.
Dedaye Bridge was built by Public Works of the Ministry of Construction. the Dedaye Bridge linking Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions was opened on 23 March 2003 7.30 am as a gesture of hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day by member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann.
The opening ceremony of Dedaye Bridge was held at the pandal near the bridge in Kungyangon Township
Kungyangon Township
Kungyangon Township is a township of Yangon Region. It is located in the southwestern part of the Region, by the Andaman Sea....
. The bridge with the length of over 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) is part of the Yangon-Kungyangon-Dedaye-Pyapon-Kyaiklat-Maubin-Yangon Main road. With the use of the bridge, one can travel Pyapon-Kyunkadon-Seikma-Ahma trip, Pyapon
Pyapon
Pyapon is a town and seat of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar, along the Pyapon River, a tributary of the Ayeyarwady River. It is located about 15 km inland from the Andaman Sea, about 75 miles south of the capital, Yangon. It has a population of approximately 300,000 in...
-Bogale
Bogale
Bogale is a small city located in the Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar . It is located on the southwestern part of Myanmar/Burma on the mainland section of the country. It can be reached by both water transportation and by land....
trip, Maubin
Maubin
Ma-ubin or Maubin is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Burma. It is the seat of the Ma-ubin Township in the Ma-ubin District. The population as of 1993 was 42,000...
-Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District....
-Pathein
Pathein
Pathein , also called Bassein, is a port city with a 2004 population estimated at 215,600, and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Burma. It lies on the Pathein River , which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River....
and Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District....
-Hinthada trips and Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon
Nyaungdon is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District....
-Thandwe
Thandwe
-Ngapali Beach:Ngapali Beach is a beach located 7 kilometres from the town of Thandwe , in Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the most famous beach in Myanmar and is a popular tourist destination...
of Rakhine State
Rakhine State
Rakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...
trip.
It was built at a cost of Kyats 3,550 million and 1.6 million US dollars. The Dedaye Bridge was built in two years and nine months. Then, Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann and party posed for a documentary photo together with Deputy Superintending Engineer of Public Works U Khin Maung Win and officials in front of the archway.