Ava Bridge
Ava Bridge အဝ တံတား | |
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Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River in 2017 | |
| Coordinates | 21°52′40″N 95°58′45″E / 21.8778°N 95.9792°E |
| Carried | Rail and road traffic |
| Crossed | Irrawaddy River |
| Locale | Sagaing Region, Myanmar |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Simple truss bridge with Pennsylvania (Petit) trusses |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Longest span | 144 m (472 ft) |
| No. of spans | 9 |
| Piers in water | 7 |
| History | |
| Constructed by | British engineers |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Rebuilt | 1954 (after World War II damage) |
| Collapsed | 2025 (due to the Myanmar earthquake) |
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The Ava Bridge (Burmese: အင်းဝတံတား) was a 16-span simply supported bridge between Ava and Sagaing, Mandalay Division, Burma. It was built by the British in 1934. The bridge was destroyed by the retreating British Army during World War II and was rebuilt in 1954 after Burmese independence. It was the only bridge to span the Irrawaddy River until the early 21st century, when a spate of bridge construction was carried out by the government, including the new Irrawaddy Bridge, completed in 2008.[1][2] The Ava Bridge collapsed into the Irrawaddy River due to the 2025 Sagaing–Mandalay earthquake.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""Big Push" for Sustained Development". Perspective, August 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "Roads and Bridges". Union Solidarity and Development Association. 7 April 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ Mehrotra, Vani (28 March 2025). "Under-Construction Skyscraper In Bangkok Collapses After 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Myanmar". CNN-News18. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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