Thewet Naruemit Bridge is a historic bridge over canal

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. Its name is also the name of the surrounding area known as Thewet. The bridge straddles between four sub-districts of two administrative districts of Bangkok, namely Wat Sam Phraya and

Bang Khun Phrom Bang Khun Phrom ( th, บางขุนพรหม, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District, in Bangkok, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in So ...

Subdistricts, Phra Nakhon District with Wachiraphayaban and Dusit Subdistricts, Dusit District.

History

King Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

(Rama V) ordered the Department of Public Works to construct the bridge. The King named it "Thewet Naruemit Bridge". "Thewet" means "great deity" and refers to The Bridge Built by Hindu's Lord

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. When completed King Chulalongkorn gave the opening ceremony on June 30, 1899. It is the first bridge to cross Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem during his reign. The bridge was restored in 1975. It was restored again along with Tha Chang Pier by the

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scheduled for completion May 2021.

Surroundings

Thewet Market is one of Bangkok's big and busy markets around the bridge. It is very famous, especially as a source of

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s. The market is also famous for selling fish released for charity. In the past, it used to be the largest market in the suburbs. While the largest wholesale vegetable market such as Talat Thai and Si Mum Mueang Market has not yet been established, there are some vendors sailing from

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to trade here. Thewet is the terminal of many bus lines. Thewet Pier (N15) is a station for

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that runs from Asiatique: The Riverfront to Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok.

References

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