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 Road across the
Pyamalaw River between
Wakema Township
Wakema Township ( my, ဝါးခယ်မမြို့နယ် ) is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The township is connected to the Einme Township across the Kyungon Bridge on the Pyanmalot River The ...
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 Mya ...
in
Ayeyawady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
of
Burma (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 ...
. The one-way bridge is a
Bailey suspension bridge with a span of but only wide.
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''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
Einme ( my, အိမ်မဲမြို့) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Einme Township in the Myaungmya District.
Einme is divided into 5 wards: Chaungwa, Upper, Einmegyi, Lepaw and Sarchu ...
is long.
The bridge was opened on 25 October 2009.
"Kyungon Bridge opened in Wakema Township"
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Bridges in Myanmar
Buildings and structures in Ayeyarwady Region