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Highway system Transport in Myanmar The Yangon–Mandalay Expressway ( Burmese : ရန်ကုန်–မန္တလေး အမြန်လမ်း ) is a tolled expressway in Myanmar (Burma) that connects the country's largest city Yangon and second largest city Mandalay .
Map of the Death Railway. A railway route between Burma and Thailand, crossing Three Pagodas Pass and following the valley of the Khwae Noi river in Thailand, had been surveyed by the British government of Burma as early as 1885, but the proposed course of the line – through hilly jungle terrain divided by many rivers – was considered too difficult to undertake.
The Burma Road (Chinese: 滇缅公路) was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Lashio, Burma, in the south and Kunming, China, the capital of Yunnan province in the north. It was built in 1937–1938 while Burma was a British colony to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Thanbyuzayat is considered the terminus of the Death Railway, and is where it connected with the Burmese main line (Burma-Siam Railway). [1] The cemetery was formally inaugurated on 10 December 1946 by General Aung San and Governor Sir Hubert Rance. [2] It is open every day between 07:00–17:00. [3]
Thailand wants to work with warring sides in Myanmar to repair a key highway cutting through the conflict-ridden country as it seeks to stabilise borders areas and keep trade routes open, Thai ...
National Highway 1 (NR1), literally "The Road to Mandalay") is an important south–north flowing highway of central Burma and the busiest road in the country. It connects Yangon to Meiktila where it joins the National Highway 4 going east and then NR1 continues north to Mandalay .
The flooding in Myanmar began last Monday, with at least 74 people killed by Friday, based on state media reports. ... (Reuters) -Myanmar's death toll from floods rose to at least 113 as of ...
The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area. One side of the four-lane ...