Carries Motor vehicles Opened 11 November 2011 Width 13 m | Design box girder bridge Total length 1,423 m | |
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Crosses Mekong River, Thai-Lao Border Official name Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge Location Mueang Nakhon Phanom District Similar Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, Second Thai–Lao Friendshi, Fourth Thai–Lao Friendshi, Wat Phra That Phanom, Wat Pa Kung | ||
The Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge (Thai: สะพานมิตรภาพ ไทย-ลาว แห่งที่ 3, [sàpʰaːn míttràpʰâːp tʰaj laːw hɛ̀ŋ tʰîː sǎːm]) over the Mekong is a bridge that connects Nakhon Phanom Province in Thailand with Thakhek, Khammouane in Laos. The bridge's foundation stone was laid on March 6, 2009, and it opened for traffic on November 11, 2011. The bridge is 1423 metres long and 13 metres wide.
The name "Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge" was previously also used to refer to the planned bridge from Chiang Khong, Thailand to Huay Xai, Laos, but this bridge is now known as the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.
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