Kizuna Bridge ស្ពានគីហ្សុណា | |
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| Coordinates | 12°00′00″N105°27′00″E / 12.00000°N 105.45000°E |
| Crosses | Mekong River |
| Locale | Kampong Cham, Cambodia |
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| Total length | 1,500 m |
| Longest span | 170 m |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 December 2001 |
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The Kizuna Bridge [lower-alpha 1] is a bridge on the Mekong River in the city of Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham Province.
It was opened in 2001 and was the first bridge to be built over the Mekong river in Cambodia. [1]
Construction of the bridge was funded by a $56-million grant from the Japanese government. At 1500 metres it was the longest bridge in Cambodia until the 2002 construction of the Koh Kong Bridge, a 1900-metre Thai-Cambodian bridge in Koh Kong. [2] The Kizuna bridge links eastern and western Cambodia by road for the first time. Construction of the bridge began in 1999 and took three years to complete. An estimated 10,000 people crowded the bridge for the opening ceremony. [3]
The system of transport in Cambodia, rudimentary at the best of times, was severely damaged in the chaos that engulfed the nation in the latter half of the 20th century. The country's weak transport infrastructure hindered emergency relief efforts, exacerbating the logistical issues of procurement of supplies in general and their distribution. Cambodia received Soviet technical assistance and equipment to support the maintenance of the transportation network.
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