The construction of new Myaungmya Bridge in Ayeyawady Region has completed by over 90 percent on March 3, and officials will test how much the bridge can withstand by allowing traffic on March 20.
The new bridge is located 46 feet away from the old suspension bridge. The new bridge construction started on May 1, 2017 just before the old one collapsed. Despite of planned two-year construction, authorities took only one year to build the new bridge of steel truss type as the old one collapsed on April 1 in the same year and the local populace demanded sooner opening.
J&M Steel Solution jointly established by Japanese JEE Company and Myanmar's Ministry of Construction drew the bridge design. The project will be completed in second week of this month. Therefore, trucks will start running along the bridge to test how much it can withstand on March 20.
"I am here to check the bridge. About 90 percent has been completed. Lamp posts are being set up on the approach roads. We will complete it in the second week of this month. The special bridge construction team will test the bridge capacity to withstand on March 20 by allowing runs of trucks. We will make records. We will plan to open the bridge as soon as it finishes," Win Htay, Region Minister for Electricity, Energy, Industry and Transport.
Ayeyawady Region is upgrading Labutta, Wakhema, Shwelaung and Kyungon suspension bridges into reinforced concrete ones as their capacity to withstand is declining.
Pathein river-crossing bridge project has also kick-started.
