Maha Chesadabodindranusorn Bridge ( th, สะพานมหาเจษฎาบดินทรานุสรณ์, , ) is an

extradosed bridge An extradosed bridge employs a structure that combines the main elements of both a prestressed box girder bridge and a cable-stayed bridge. The name comes from the word ''extrados'', the exterior or upper curve of an arch, and refers to how the "s ...

in area of

Mueang Nonthaburi District Mueang Nonthaburi ( th, เมืองนนทบุรี, , ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang'') of Nonthaburi province in Thailand. The city of Nonthaburi has 267,001 inhabitants, while the whole district has 348,553. History The ...

in Nonthaburi Province,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

, over the

Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

. The bridge is the first extradosed bridge in Thailand. It is located between

Phra Nangklao Bridge Phra Nang Klao Bridge ( th, สะพานพระนั่งเกล้า, , ) is a bridge over Chao Phraya River in the area of Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi Province. In addition to crossing Chao Phraya River, the bridge also c ...

(upstream) and

Rama V Bridge The Rama V Bridge ( th, สะพานพระราม 5, , ) is a bridge across the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. The bridge was named in the honour of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). It is not related to Rama V Road in D ...

(downstream), connects Nonthaburi 1 Road, on the east side of the river, and Bang Si Mueang - Wat Bot Don Phrom Road and Ratchaphruek Road, on the west side of the river. The bridge was named after King

Nangklao Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam u ...

, one of whose titles before his accession to the throne was "Prince Chesadabodin". The project has a total length of approximately , consisting of an interchange at Nonthaburi 1 Road, a 6-lane extradosed concrete bridge with long main span and the total length of , an intersection at Bang Si Mueang - Wat Bot Don Phrom Road, and a 6-lane at-grade road to an interchange at Ratchaphruek Road. Construction began in May 2012, after having been delayed for two years, and took around thirty months. It is a part of the completed main road linking network developed by the

Department of Rural Roads Department of Rural Roads (DRR) ( th, กรมทางหลวงชนบท) is a department of the Thai government, under the Ministry of Transport. It maintains rural roads, under a different numbering scheme from national roads, which are ...

(DRR) in the area on the west side of the river, to ease the traffic on

and

Rama IV Bridge Rama IV Bridge ( th, สะพานพระราม ๔, , ) is a bridge over Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial pla ...

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