Irrawaddy Bridge (Yadanabon) ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ရတနာပုံ) Ayeyarwady Bridge Yadanabon Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 21°52′39″N 95°59′42″E / 21.8775°N 95.995°E |
Carries | Four-lane motorway with two pedestrian lanes |
Crosses | Irrawaddy River |
Locale | Mandalay Division, Burma |
Official name | Irrawaddy Bridge (Yadanabon) |
Other name(s) | Yadanabon Bridge |
Maintained by | Public Works Department |
Characteristics | |
Design | Fixed-arch bridge |
Total length | 5,614 feet (1,711 m) |
Width | 49 feet (15 m) two pedestrian lanes of 6 feet (2 m) each |
Longest span | 735 feet (224 m)(x3) |
History | |
Opened | 11 April 2008 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 2,700 |
Location | |
The Irrawaddy Bridge (Yadanabon) (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီတံတား (ရတနာပုံ)) (also Ayeyarwady Bridge, Yadanabon Bridge, Yadanar Pone Bridge or New Ava Bridge) is a bridge in Mandalay, Myanmar. It crosses the Irrawaddy River, to the southwest of Mandalay and Amarapura and just to the north of the old Ava Bridge, and is also known as the New Ava Bridge. It was completed in 2008.