Anawrahta Bridge is one of the bridges constructed by

State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. Anawrahta Bridge links Chauk and

Seikphyu Seikphyu ( my, ဆိပ်ဖြူ) is the principal town and administrative seat for Seikphyu Township in Pakokku District in the Magway Division of Myanmar, on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy immediately below its confluence with th ...

on Ayeyawady River (

Irrawaddy River The Irrawaddy River ( Ayeyarwady River; , , from Indo-Aryan languages, Indic ''revatī'', meaning "abounding in riches") is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar (Burma). It is the country's largest river and most important comm ...

).
The New Light of Myanmar, Thursday, 5 April 2001 The main structure of the 5,191-foot Anawrahta Bridge, linking Chauk and

townships in

Magway Division Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ� ...

, is 4,191 feet long. The length of the approach bridge is 1,000 feet. The steel frame body of the main structure is supported by reinforced concrete pillars. The approach bridge built of reinforced concrete spans and floors is also supported by reinforced concrete pillars. The motorway on it is 28 feet wide. Each of the pedestrian lanes on either side of the road is six feet wide. The waterway under the facility is 350 feet wide and its clearance is 60 feet at the highest water level. Construction of the bridge started on 26 July 1996 was completed on 10 March 2001. It can bear up to 60-ton trucks. It was built at a cost of K 3,284 million and US$5.05 million.

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