Lao Nippon Bridge
Coordinates: 15 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ N , 105 ° 48 ′ 50 ″ E
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| Official name | Lao Nippon Bridge | |
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| Subjugated | Mekong | |
| place | Phonthong / Pakse | |
| construction | Box girder bridge and Extradosed Bridge | |
| overall length | 1380 meters | |
| width | 11.8 meters | |
| building-costs | US $ 48 million | |
| start of building | October 1997 | |
| completion | February 2000 | |
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The Lao Nippon Bridge , also known as the Pakse Bridge , is a road bridge that spans the Mekong near the Lao city of Pakse .
Construction of the bridge, funded by the Japanese government, began in October 1997 and was completed in February 2000; the cost was about $ 48 million. The bridge connects Pakse, on the east bank, to Phonthong, west of the Mekong, and the border town of Vang Tao with Thailand and is intended to promote trade and tourism in southern Laos.
The bridge is 1380 meters long and 11.8 meters wide and has two lanes with two footpaths on either side. Technically, it is a mixture of prestressed concrete box girder bridge and extradosed bridge . The mean span is 143 meters. The bridge is part of National Road 16 .
The Lao-Nippon Bridge was the second Lao Mekong bridge after the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge opened in 1994 and is still the only one that is entirely on Lao territory. It is the southernmost Mekong bridge in Laos; the next bridge across the river is the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge at Savannakhet .
Web links
- Lao Nippon Bridge. In: Structurae
- laovoices.com: Lao-Nippon Bridge ( Memento of August 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )