The Kyungon Bridge is a bridge on the

Wakema Wakema is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Wakema Township in the Myaungmya District. It is home to the Government Technological Institute, Wakema (formerly the Government Technical Institute, Wakema). ...

– Kyungon– Myinkaseik–

Pathein Pathein ( ; , ; , ), formerly called Bassein, is the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. It is located 190 km (120 mi) west of Yangon within Pathein Township on the bank of the Pathein River—a western branc ...

Road across the Pyamalaw River between

Wakema Township Wakema Township ( ) is a township of Myaungmya District in central Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The first Prime Minister of Burma, U Nu was born in the principal town, Wakema. Wakema Township is bordered to its west by the other townships within ...

and

Einme Township Einme Township (; , ) is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The area is believed to be where the Battle of Naungyo took place in 1539. Einme Township is one of the few townships in the Bamar-majority regions of ...

in Ayeyawady Region of Burma (Myanmar). The one-way bridge is a Bailey suspension bridge with a span of but only wide."Priority given to development of the roads after Roads Year was designated"
''The New Light of Myanmar'' 23 April 2006 Using the Kyungon Bridge to travel from Wakema to Pathein, it is only and thus is the shortest route from Wakema to Pathein. The route through Kangalay is long and the route through Einme is long. The bridge was opened on 25 October 2009. The bridge was commissioned on 20 March 2022, by

State Administration Council The State Administration Council (; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, February 2021 c ...

members

Aye Nu Sein Aye Nu Sein (, born 24 March 1957 in Sittwe) is a Burmese lawyer and politician. An ethnic Rakhine, she is vice-chair of the Arakan National Party, and a former member of Myanmar's State Administration Council The State Administration Cou ...

and Moung Har as part of the 77th

Armed Forces Day An Armed Forces Day, alongside its Military branch, branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated to honoring the Military, armed forces, o ...

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{{- Bridges in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Ayeyarwady Region