Tsubasa Bridge ( km, ស្ពានត្សឹបាសា), also known as Neak Loeung Bridge (), links
Kandal Province with the town of
Neak Loeung,
Prey Veng Province in Cambodia, on the heavily travelled
Highway 1 between
Phnom Penh, and
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Construction
This 2.2 km
cable-stayed bridge
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eliminated a
ferry crossing and is the longest bridge across the
Mekong River
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in Cambodia, 300 metres longer than its nearest rival, the
Koh Kong Bridge. The project includes the main cable-stayed section totalling 640m, two composite girder approach sections of 900m and 675m, and approach embankments totalling 3.1 km.
The inauguration ceremony to begin construction occurred on February 12, 2011.
The bridge opened to traffic in April 2015. It was funded and built by a Japanese government donation (Cambodia's third Japanese donated bridge) and its image appears on the new 500
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note.
The bridge is part of a larger programme of works to improve connectivity along Asian Highway 1 from Thailand to Vietnam.
Images
File:Neak_Loeung_Bridge_(Tsubasa_Bridge).jpg, Neak Loeung Bridge or Tsubasa Bridge
File:Neak_Loeung_Bridge_November_2021.jpg, Tsubasa Bridge
References
External links
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Bridges over the Mekong River
Cable-stayed bridges
Road bridges in Cambodia
Buildings and structures in Kandal province
Buildings and structures in Prey Veng province
Bridges completed in 2015
2015 establishments in Cambodia
Cambodia–Japan relations