Neak Loeung Bridge

Tsubasa Bridge (Khmer: ស្ពានត្សឹបាសា), also known as Neak Loeung Bridge (ស្ពានអ្នកលឿង), links Kandal Province with the town of Neak Loeung, Prey Veng Province in Cambodia, on the heavily travelled Highway 1 between Phnom Penh, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Neak Loeung Bridge ស្ពានអ្នកលឿង (Spean Neak Loeung)
The finished bridge in 2015
Coordinates	11.27611°N 105.27915°E / 11.27611; 105.27915[1]
Carries	Highway 1
Crosses	Mekong River
Locale	Neak Loeung
Characteristics
Total length	2215 m
Height	130m
Longest span	320 m
Clearance below	37.5m
History
Construction start	February 12, 2011[2]
Opened	April 6, 2015 [3]
Replaces	Ferry
Location

Construction

This 2.2 km cable-stayed bridge eliminated a ferry crossing and is the longest bridge across the Mekong River in Cambodia,^[4] 300 metres longer than its nearest rival, the Koh Kong Bridge. The project includes the main cable-stayed section totalling 640m, two composite girder approach sections of 900m and 675m, and approach embankments totalling 3.1 km.^[5]

The inauguration ceremony to begin construction occurred on February 12, 2011.^[2] The bridge opened to traffic in April 2015. It was funded and built by a Japanese government donation (Cambodia's third Japanese donated bridge) and its image appears on the new 500 riel note.^[6] The bridge is part of a larger programme of works to improve connectivity along Asian Highway 1 from Thailand to Vietnam.^[5]

Images

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  Neak Loeung Bridge or Tsubasa Bridge
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  Tsubasa Bridge