Uttamanusorn Bridge

Uttamanusorn Bridge สะพานอุตตมานุสรณ์
Coordinates	15°08′25″N 98°26′58″E / 15.14020°N 98.44938°E / 15.14020; 98.44938
Carries	Two lanes
Crosses	Songaria River
Locale	Nong Lu, Sangkhla Buri, Kanchanaburi
Characteristics
Design	Wooden footbridge
Total length	445 m (1,460 ft)
History
Construction start	1986
Opened	1987
Location

Uttamanusorn Bridge (Thai: สะพานอุตตมานุสรณ์; lit. 'Uttama Memorial Bridge'), commonly known as Mon Bridge (สะพานมอญ, pronounced [sā.pʰāːn mɔ̄ːn]; Mon: ဒဒန်ဆု) or Wooden Mon Bridge (สะพานไม้มอญ), is a wooden footbridge in Tambon Nong Lu, Sangkhla Buri District, northwest Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It spans across the Songaria River.

Uttamanusorn Bridge is the longest wooden bridge in Thailand and is the second longest in the world after the Mandalay's U Bein Bridge in Myanmar. Its total length is 445 metres (1,460 ft) (though it is commonly mis-reported as 850 metres).^[1][2]

It is named in honor of Luangpho Uttama, a Mon monk who was an abbot of Wat Wang Wiwekaram. He initiated the construction of this bridge in 1986 with local Mon workers. Construction was done by Mon labourers and was completed in 1987.^[3]

Uttamanusorn Bridge is considered a landmark and is one of the notable attractions of Kanchanaburi, as well as the River Kwai Bridge and Death Railway, Sai Yok Noi Waterfall, and Three Pagodas Pass. The bridge is seen as showing the friendship between the Mon and Thai people as it connects the Mon village of Wang Kha with the Thai town of Sangkhla Buri.^[3]

Locals walk across the bridge to make merit by giving food to monks, a daily routine.^[4]