Bridges
Until the construction of the Ava (Innwa) Bridge, a 16 span rail and road cantilever bridge built by the British colonial government in 1934, the only way across the Irrawaddy was by ferry. The bridge was destroyed by the retreating British Army during the World War II and was rebuilt in 1954 after Burmese independence and was the only bridge to span the Irrawaddy until recent times when a spate of bridge construction has been carried out by the government.
- Ayeyarwady Bridge (Yadanabon) just upstream from the old Ava Bridge at Sagaing
- Bala Min Htin Bridge over the N'Mai Hka at Myitkyina, November 1998
- Anawrahta Bridge at Chauk, April 2001
- Ayeyarwady-Magway Bridge at Magway
- Bo Myat Tun Bridge at Nyaungdon, November 1999
- Nawaday Bridge at Pyay, September 1997
- Maubin Bridge at Maubin, February 1998
- Ayeyarwady-Dedaye Bridge at Dedaye
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