Crosses Attaran River Design Cable-stayed bridge Total length 433 m Location Mawlamyine Carry Lane | Official name Attaran Bridge Opened March 1998 Longest span 180 m Bridge type Cable-stayed bridge | |
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Carries 2 lanes, 2 pedestrian walk lanes Locale Mawlamyine and Zartapyin Maintained by Ministry of Transportation Similar Thanlwin Bridge, Samostan Nga Phe Kyaung, Hlawga National Park, Mon State Cultural Museum, Naypyidaw Zoological Gardens | ||
Attaran Bridge is a bridge in the township of Mawlamyine, in the Mon State of Burma. It is suspended by steel cable with a reinforced concrete foundation. It is 1,420 feet long and 24 feet wide and was reported to have cost K 580.6 million. The bridge was established as part of infrastructural projects (Sittoung Bridge, Kataik Dam Project, etc.) to develop Mon State socio-economically.
Attaran Bridge was formally opened in March 1998 on the 53rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day, with an address by the chairman of the Work Committee for Development of Border Areas and National Races Secretary, Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt.
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