Attaran Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Attaran Bridge
Official Name:Attaran Bridge
Carries:2 lanes, 2 pedestrian walk lanes
Crosses:Ataran River
Locale:Mawlamyine and Zartapyin
Maint:Ministry of Transportation
Design:Cable-stayed bridge
Mainspan:590feet
Length:1420feet
Width:2 traffic lanes, 2 pedestrian walk lanes
Traffic:unknown
Complete:1998
Open:March 1998
Toll:unknown
Coordinates:16.4736°N 97.6711°W

Attaran Bridge is a bridge in the township of Mawlamyine, in the Mon State of Burma. It is suspended by steel cable with a reinforced concrete foundation. It is long and wide and was reported to have cost K 580.6 million.[1] The bridge was established as part of infrastructural projects (Sittoung Bridge, Kataik Dam Project, etc.) to develop Mon State socio-economically.[2] [3]

Attaran Bridge was formally opened in March 1998 on the 53rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day, with an address by the chairman of the Work Committee for Development of Border Areas and National Races Secretary, Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt.

Notes and References

  1. http://myanmargeneva.org/98nlm/n980327.htm New Light of Myanmar
  2. News: 1998-03-27 . Tatmadaw government investing immensely in infra-structural projects for regional development, socio-economic uplift New Attaran Bridge will serve as vital link for progress of Mon, Kayin States . THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006215452/http://myanmargeneva.org/98nlm/n980327.htm . 2008-10-06.
  3. News: 2008-07-13 . Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitates counterpart of the Republic of Montenegro . The New Light of Myanmar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727110049/http://myanmargeneva.org/08nlm/n080713.htm . 2011-07-27.