List of bridges in Myanmar

Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name (Image) Burmese Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Division Ref.
U Bein Bridge
1ဦးပိန် တံတားLongest teak bridge in the world1,200 m (3,900 ft)Trestle
Wood		Footbridge
Taungthaman Lake		1851Amarapura
21°53′29.1″N 96°03′21.8″E		Mandalay[S 1]
[1]
Goteik viaduct
2ဂုတ်ထိပ်တံတားHighest bridge in Myanmar
Height : 102 m (335 ft)		689 m (2,260 ft)Trestle
Steel		Railway bridge
Gohtwin Stream		1901Gokhteik
22°20′35.5″N 96°51′33.8″E		Shan[S 2]
[2]

Major bridges
Name (Image) Burmese Span Length Type Carries
Crosses		 Opened Location Division Ref.
Zar Tha Pyin Bridge
1460 m (1,510 ft)900 m (3,000 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		Road bridge
Gyaing River		1999Zar Tha Pyin - Kalagon
16°33′50.0″N 97°43′56.4″E		Mon[S 3]
Goteik Bridge
proposed		2360 m (1,180 ft)Cable-stayed
Concrete beam deck, concrete pylons
Gohtwin Stream		Gokhteik
22°20′23.4″N 96°52′00.5″E		Shan
Dala Bridge
under construction		3ဒလတံတား320 m (1,050 ft)1,872 m (6,142 ft)Cable-stayed
Concrete beam deck, concrete pylons
135+320+135		Road bridge
Yangon River		2022Yangon - Dala Township
16°46′09.9″N 96°08′38.0″E		Yangon Region[3]
Yar Yamaung Bridge
4305 m (1,001 ft)405 m (1,329 ft)Suspension
Steel		Road bridge
Lay Myo River		1999Minbya
20°23′58.4″N 93°19′32.4″E		Rakhine[4]
[5]
Leinli Bridge
5လိန်းလီကြိုးတံတား305 m (1,001 ft)536 m (1,759 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		Naypyitaw and Pinlaung Road
Paung Laung River		2010Talaingma
19°59′28.3″N 96°36′58.1″E		Shan[6]
Aung Zeya Bridge
6300 m (980 ft)1,154 m (3,786 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
141+300+141		Hlaing River Road
Yangon River		2000Yangon
16°52′49.3″N 96°05′13.3″E		Yangon Region[S 4]
[7]
Pathein Bridge
7268 m (879 ft)660 m (2,170 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		Road bridge
Pathein River		2004Pathein
16°49′27.5″N 94°43′57.0″E		Ayeyarwady[8]
Twante Bridge
8263 m (863 ft)1,095 m (3,593 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		Road bridge
Twante Canal		2006Twante Township
16°43′52.9″N 96°01′28.3″E		Yangon Region[4]
[9]
Irrawaddy Bridge
9ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ရတနာပုံ)224 m (735 ft) (x3)1,711 m (5,614 ft)Arch
Steel tied-arch
112x2+224x3+112x2		National Highway 7
Irrawaddy River		2008Sagaing - Amarapura
21°52′36.5″N 95°59′45.8″E		Sagaing
Mandalay		[S 5]
[10]
Bago River Bridge
under construction		10ပဲခူးမြစ်တံတား224 m (735 ft)2,031 m (6,663 ft)Cable-stayed
112+224+112		Road bridge
Bago River		Yangon - Thanlyin
16°47′24.1″N 96°13′57.1″E		Yangon Region[11]
Myaungmya River Bridge
collapsed in 2018		11183 m (600 ft)387 m (1,270 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck		Road bridge1996Myaungmya
16°35′59.7″N 94°56′45.8″E		Ayeyarwady[S 6]
[12]
[13]
Labutta Bridge
dismantled in 2019		12183 m (600 ft)396 m (1,299 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck		Road bridge
Pinlellay River		1998Htônbo
16°23′45.2″N 94°50′11.6″E		Ayeyarwady[14]
[15]
Myittha Bridge
13183 m (600 ft)400 m (1,300 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		Monywa-Kalaywa Highway
Myittha River		2004Kalewa
23°11′47.2″N 94°17′29.3″E		Sagaing[S 7]
Attaran Bridge
14အတ္တရံတံတား180 m (590 ft)430 m (1,410 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel deck and pylons		Road bridge
Attaran River		1998Mawlamyine
16°28′25.0″N 97°40′16.5″E		Mon[S 8]
Panmawaday Bridge
15162 m (531 ft)378 m (1,240 ft)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons		2004Myaungmya
16°42′09.4″N 94°54′38.9″E		Ayeyarwady[16]
Aung San Bridge
16ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းတံတား (ဘီလူးကျွန်း140 m (460 ft) (x2)1,586 m (5,203 ft)Arch
Steel through truss arch		Road bridge
Salween River		2017Mawlamyine - Bilu Island
16°26′26.3″N 97°36′33.9″E		Mon[17]
Maha Bandula Bridge
17မဟာဗန္ဓုလတံတား130 m (430 ft)1,110 m (3,640 ft)Cable-stayed
Steel Truss deck, concrete pylons
55+130+55		Maha Bandula Road
Pazundaung Creek		2000Yangon
16°46′37.0″N 96°10′59.7″E		Yangon Region[S 9]
[4]
[18]
Bayint Naung Bridge
18123 m (404 ft) (x3)500 m (1,600 ft)Truss
Steel
66+123x3+66		Yangon-Pathein Road
Yangon River		1994Yangon
16°51′22.6″N 96°05′52.6″E		Yangon Region[S 10]
[4]
[19]
Tha Yu-Pa Bridge
19122 m (400 ft)122 m (400 ft)Suspension
Steel		Min Bu-Ann Road2010Ann
19°47′47.7″N 94°03′23.7″E		Rakhine[4]
[20]
Maubin Bridge
20120 m (390 ft) (x4)700 m (2,300 ft)Truss
Steel
120x4		Road bridge
Myitmaka River		1988Ma-ubin
16°44′58.9″N 95°39′14.2″E		Ayeyarwady[4]
[21]
Bomyatun Bridge
21120 m (390 ft) (x14)2,604 m (8,543 ft)Truss
Steel
96+120x14+96		Yangon-Pathein Road
Irrawaddy River		1999Nyaungdon
17°02′01.7″N 95°33′23.4″E		Ayeyarwady[4]
[22]
Shwe Pyithar Bridge
22120 m (390 ft) (x3)528 m (1,732 ft)Truss
Steel
84+120x3+84		Khayae Pin Road
Yangon River		2001Yangon
16°55′33.1″N 96°04′30.0″E		Yangon Region[4]
[23]
Irrawaddy Bridge (Magway)
23120 m (390 ft)2,740 m (8,990 ft)Truss
Steel		Road bridge
Irrawaddy River		2002Magway
20°08′50.9″N 94°54′25.2″E		Magway[S 11]
[24]
Irrawaddy Bridge (Nyaungdon)24120 m (390 ft) (x16)6,262 m (20,545 ft)Truss
Steel		Road-rail bridge
Irrawaddy River		2011Nyaungdon
17°02′23.7″N 95°34′41.4″E		Ayeyarwady[Note 1]
[25]
Pakokku Bridge
25ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ပခုက္ကူ)120 m (390 ft) (x22)6,278 m (20,597 ft)Truss
Steel		India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway
Railway bridge
Irrawaddy River		2012Pakokku
21°17′52.8″N 95°03′37.3″E		Magway[Note 2]
[S 12]
[26]
[27]
Second Myanmar–Lao Friendship Bridge
26120 m (390 ft) (x3)691 m (2,267 ft)Truss
Steel
Mekong		2015Kenglat - Xieng Kok
20°52′15.0″N 100°32′31.1″E		Shan
 Laos		[28]
[29]
Ava Bridge
27အင်းဝတံတား112 m (367 ft) (x9)1,207 m (3,960 ft)Truss
Steel		Imphal-Sagaing Road
Mandalay-Monywa line
Irrawaddy River		1934Sagaing - Amarapura
21°52′18.4″N 95°59′30.6″E		Sagaing
Mandalay		[Note 3]
[S 13]
[30]
[31]
Sittaung Bridge (Theinzayat)
28စစ်တောင်းတံတား (သိမ်ဇရပ်)112 m (367 ft) (x6)716 m (2,349 ft)Truss
Steel
120x6		Old Mawlamyaing Road
Railway bridge
Sittaung River		1961Waw Township - Theinzayat
17°31′08.0″N 96°52′29.9″E		Bago
Mon		[S 14]
Thanlyin Bridge
29သန်လျင် တံတား112 m (367 ft) (x10)1,808 m (5,932 ft)Truss
Steel
104+112x10+104		Road-rail bridge
Bago River		1993Yangon - Thanlyin
16°47′25.4″N 96°13′59.2″E		Yangon Region[Note 4]
[S 15]
[4]
[32]
Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine)
30သံလွင်တံတား(မော်လမြိုင်)112 m (367 ft) (x21)6,596 m (21,640 ft)Truss
Steel		National Highway 8
Bago-Dawei line
Salween River		2005Mawlamyine - Mottama
16°30′39.1″N 97°37′05.3″E		Mon[Note 5]
[S 16]
[33]
[34]
Malun Bridge
31112 m (367 ft) (x7)980 m (3,220 ft)Truss
Steel
96+112x7+96		Road-rail bridge
Irrawaddy River		2012Malun
19°54′05.2″N 95°04′58.7″E		Bago[35]
Ngawun Bridge
32110 m (360 ft)335 m (1,099 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
77+110+77		Pathein-Monywa Road
Pathein River		1991Ngathaingchaung
17°23′19.0″N 95°03′49.0″E		Ayeyarwady[36]
Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin)
33စစ်တောင်းတံတား (မုပ္ပလင်)104 m (341 ft) (x4)729 m (2,392 ft)Truss
Steel		National Highway 8
Sittaung River		2008Waw Township - Moppalin
17°31′08.0″N 96°52′29.9″E		Bago
Mon
Thuwunna Bridge
34100 m (330 ft)300 m (980 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
70+100+70		Road bridge
Pazundaung Creek		1985Yangon
16°48′36.8″N 96°11′32.4″E		Yangon Region[37]
New Thaketa Bridge
35100 m (330 ft)253 m (830 ft)Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
60+100+60		Road bridge
Pazundaung Creek		2018Yangon
16°47′07.2″N 96°10′45.2″E		Yangon Region[38]
Bayint Naung Bridge 236ဘုရင့်နောင်တံတား အမှတ် (၂)1,262 m (4,140 ft)Truss
Steel		Yangon-Pathein Road
Yangon River		2014Yangon
16°51′24.8″N 96°05′51.4″E		Yangon Region[39]
Dedaye Bridge
37ဒေးဒရဲတံတား1,246 m (4,088 ft)Truss
Steel		Road bridge
Irrawaddy River		2003Dedaye Township - Kungyangon Township
16°24′47.8″N 95°53′24.9″E		Ayeyarwady
Yangon Region		[40]
New Gyaing Bridge (Kawkareik)
under construction		38580 m (1,900 ft)Extradosed
Composite steel/concrete box girder deck		National Highway 85
AH1
Hlaingbwe River		2021Gyaing
16°36′27.9″N 98°00′28.0″E		Kayin[41]
[42]
Gyaing Bridge (Kawkareik)
39ဂျိုင်း-ကော့ကရိတ် တံတားSuspensionNational Highway 85
AH1
Hlaingbwe River		Gyaing
16°36′26.6″N 98°00′27.9″E		Kayin
Kunlong Bridge
40ကွမ်းလုံတံတားSuspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons		National Highway 34
Salween River		1965Kunlong
23°24′37.4″N 98°38′32.5″E		Shan[43]

List by state
  • Bago Division
    • Nawaday Bridge
  • Kachin State
    • Bala Min Htin Bridge
  • Kayin State
    • Thanlwin Bridge (Hpa-An) (Hpa-an Bridge)
    • Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge
    • Ayeyarwady bridge
  • Rakhine
  • Rakhine State
    • Ramong Bridge
    • Thazintan Pauk Bridge
  • Tanintharyi Division

Notes and References
  • Notes
  1. The Irrawaddy Bridge at Nyaungdon is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 3,296 meters, the rail section 6,262 meters and the main truss structure 2,256 meters.
  2. The Irrawaddy Bridge at Pakokku is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 4,126 meters, the rail section 6,278 meters and the main truss structure 3,484 meters.
  3. The Ava Bridge (or Innwa Bridge) was the only bridge spanning the 2,200 Km of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar until the 1990s.
  4. The Thanlyin Bridge is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 2,151 meters, the rail section 2,938 meters and the main truss structure 1,808 meters.
  5. The Thanlwin Bridge is a mixed road / rail bridge which has a common part over the river, the two tracks branch off on either side of the central structure. The road section measures a total of 3,528 meters, the rail section 6,596 meters and the main truss structure 2,347 meters.
  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  1. "U Bein Bridge".
  2. "Goteik Viaduct".
  3. "Gyaing River Bridge".
  4. "Aung Zeya Bridge".
  5. "Irrawaddy Bridge".
  6. "Myaungmya River Bridge".
  7. "Myittha Bridge".
  8. "Ahtayan River Bridge".
  9. "Maha Bandula Bridge".
  10. "Bayint Naung Bridge".
  11. "Minbu Bridge".
  12. "Pakokku Bridge".
  13. "Ava Bridge".
  14. "Sittaung Bridge".
  15. "Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge".
  16. "Thanlwin Bridge".
  • Others references
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  2. "Gokteik Railway Viaduct, Nawnghkio, Shan, Myanmar". highestbridges.com.
  3. "Bridge Construction, Yangon to Dala township". transport.frontiermyanmar.com - Myanmar Transport Infrastructure Monitor.
  4. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.10
  5. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.29
  6. "Leinli: highest suspension bridge on Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Pinlaung motor road" (PDF). burmalibrary.org - The New Light Of Myanmar. 19 July 2010. p. 1 & 8.
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  8. Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.182
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  10. Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project 2, p.8
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  18. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.35
  19. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.18
  20. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.51
  21. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.24
  22. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.27
  23. Myanmar's Bridge Work, p.36
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  36. Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.180
  37. Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.22
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  39. "Bayintnaung Bridge No. 2 opens to traffic". globalnewlightofmyanmar.com.
  40. Bridge Engineering Training Centre Project, p.141
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  43. "China to assist Myanmar to build new bridge in northern state". mizzima.com.
  44. "Dagon Bridge inaugurated in Dagon Myothit Seikkan Township". The New Light of Myanmar. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.

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