The Prek Tamak Bridge is situated 40 km north of
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
and provides a link between East and West by crossing the
Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annual ...
.
The contractor of the project was China's
Shanghai Construction Group
Shanghai Construction (Group) Corporation (SCG) is a Chinese construction and engineering company, ranked as the 16th largest construction company in the world based on 2011 revenues.
The group's listed arm Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd. ...
. Chinese ambassador Zhang Jinfeng stated that the construction of the bridge will promote economic development in Cambodia. The Prek Tamak Bridge is 1,060 meters in length and 13.5 meters in width and will accommodate speeds of 60 km per hour.
The construction period of the 43.5 million U.S. dollars project lasted about 50 months and it opened in 2010.
Road bridges in Cambodia
Buildings and structures in Kandal province
Bridges over the Mekong River
Bridges completed in 2010
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