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The bridge is 630 meters long (with a main span of 480 meters) and is 14.7 meters wide. [2] [4] It is about 10 kilometers from Chiang Khong District in northeastern Chiang Rai Province, in northern Thailand, and about 12 kilometers from Houayxay, the capital of Bokeo Province, northwestern Laos.
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Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge is the first bridge in the Mekong River. The following is a list of crossings of the Mekong River. The Mekong is a river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia.
Fifth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge under construction: สะพานมิตรภาพไทย–ลาว 5: 150 m (490 ft) (x3) 1,350 m (4,430 ft) Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, 4 concrete pylons
A joint committee was established in 1991 which aimed to resolved the dispute peacefully, however discussions dragged on throughout the decade. The First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge was opened on 4 April 1994. [4] A joint boundary commission was established in 1997, however its work was suspended in 1998 following the Asian financial crisis. [4]
The 197 km route begins in the provincial capital Luang Namtha, Louang Namtha Province, Laos, which is connected to Mohan, China and the Chinese G8511 expressway by Laos Route 13. It runs southwestwards reaching the provincial capital of Ban Houayxay, Bokeo Province, on river Mekong, where it crosses the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.
Witnesses on the Thai and Myanmar sides of the border said they heard explosions and heavy machine gun fire near a strategic bridge from late on Friday into Saturday.
Fifth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge; U. Uttamanusorn Bridge This page was last edited on 4 February 2017, at 04:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...