Dipangcorn Rasmiyoti Bridge

Dipangcorn Rasmiyoti Bridge

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Dipangkorn Rasmiyoti Bridge ( Thai ที ปัง กร รัศมี โชติ , unofficially Mega Bridge - Mega Bridge) is a section of the 13 km Industrial Ring Road (IRR ) that crosses the Menam Chao Phraya River southern Bangkok and Samut Prakan province.

The construction consists of two successively constructed cable-stayed bridges:

• the first has a total length of 702 m, a central span of 326 m and a pylon height of 173 m;
• the second has a total length of 582 m, a central span of 398 m and a pylon height of 162 m.

The bridge was officially opened on December 5, 2006 and named after Prince Dipangkorn Rasmiyoti , the grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej , who was born in 2005 , but the movement on it began on September 20, 2006 .

Dipangcorn Rasmiyoti Bridge