Kizuna Bridge ស្ពានគីហ្សុណា | |
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| Coordinates | 12°00′00″N105°27′00″E / 12.00000°N 105.45000°E /12.00000; 105.45000 |
| Crosses | Mekong River |
| Locale | Kampong Cham,Cambodia |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 1,500 m |
| Longest span | 170 m |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 December 2001 |
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TheKizuna Bridge[a] is a bridge on theMekong River in the city ofKampong 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 theKoh Kong Bridge, a 1900-metre Thai-Cambodian bridge inKoh 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]
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