Chulalongkorn Bridge สะพานจุฬาลงกรณ์ | |
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Coordinates | 13°32′28″N 99°49′27″E / 13.54122°N 99.82403°E |
Carries | 1 Railway track |
Crosses | Mae Klong River |
Locale | Ratchaburi Province |
Official name | Chulalongkorn Bridge |
Maintained by | State Railway of Thailand |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 149.7 metres |
Longest span | 49.9 metres |
History | |
Constructed by | Takigami Industries Co., Ltd. [1] |
Opened | circa 1901 |
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Chulalongkorn Bridge ( Thai: สะพานจุฬาลงกรณ์) is a three-span railway bridge in Thailand crossings Mae Klong River. It is situated in Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi Province, on the Southern Line Railway and paralleled to Thanarat Bridge. The bridge is named after King Chulalongkorn.
Local people always calls Chulalongkorn Bridge in the name Saphan Dam (สะพานดำ), that refers to Black Bridge. [2]
Chulalongkorn Bridge had been bombed by the Allied aircraft during World War II many times. Up to the present, under the Mae Klong River there are still many bombs from that era and the remains of steam locomotive.
It is a three-span truss bridge, each span of length 49.9 meters.
Chulalongkorn Bridge สะพานจุฬาลงกรณ์ | |
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Coordinates | 13°32′28″N 99°49′27″E / 13.54122°N 99.82403°E |
Carries | 1 Railway track |
Crosses | Mae Klong River |
Locale | Ratchaburi Province |
Official name | Chulalongkorn Bridge |
Maintained by | State Railway of Thailand |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 149.7 metres |
Longest span | 49.9 metres |
History | |
Constructed by | Takigami Industries Co., Ltd. [1] |
Opened | circa 1901 |
Location | |
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Chulalongkorn Bridge ( Thai: สะพานจุฬาลงกรณ์) is a three-span railway bridge in Thailand crossings Mae Klong River. It is situated in Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi Province, on the Southern Line Railway and paralleled to Thanarat Bridge. The bridge is named after King Chulalongkorn.
Local people always calls Chulalongkorn Bridge in the name Saphan Dam (สะพานดำ), that refers to Black Bridge. [2]
Chulalongkorn Bridge had been bombed by the Allied aircraft during World War II many times. Up to the present, under the Mae Klong River there are still many bombs from that era and the remains of steam locomotive.
It is a three-span truss bridge, each span of length 49.9 meters.