Rantau Panjang–Sungai Golok Bridge ( ms, Jambatan Rantau Panjang–Sungai Golok, th, สะพานโก–ลก), popularly called the "Harmony Bridge" ( ms, Jambatan Muhibah), is a road bridge crossing Kolok River ( ms, Sungai Golok) of the

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, connecting

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town in

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, with Su-ngai Kolok town in

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. It spans to the south of the cross-border

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nearby. The bridge is a part of Asian highway network AH18, including Thailand Route 4056 and

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. It was built by the governments of both countries, and was officially opened on 21 May 1973 by both

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Tun Abdul Razak bin Haji Dato' Hussein Al-Haj and

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Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn.

Design

The bridge is a beam bridge with box girders. The main part includes three spans, using

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, with each length of 30.48 metres (100 ft). Each end is connected to a

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span, with length of 9.14 m (30 ft). It is overall 109.73 m (360 ft) long, with 7.32 m (24 ft) wide road surface and 2.13 m (7 ft) wide

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each side.Department of Highways, Thailand

Construction

Construction was done by Chang Loon Construction Co., Ltd., a Malaysian contractor which won the

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-held meanwhile in both countries on 25 September 1970. The

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was M$630,000 or 4,500,000

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. A contract was signed on 16 December 1970. Both governments paid half each. Since the construction was finished on 20 March 1973, after the

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of 15 June 1972, the company had to pay overtime penalty M$200 or 1,400 baht a day, totalling M$36,000 or 252,000 baht.

References

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Design

Construction

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