Rantau Panjang-Sungai Golok Bridge
Design
The bridge is a beam bridge with box girders. The main part includes three spans, using prestressed concrete, with each length of 30.48 metres (100 ft). Each end is connected to a ferroconcrete span, with length of 9.14 m (30 ft). It is overall 109.73 m (360 ft) long, with 7.32 m (24 ft) wide road surface and 2.13 m (7 ft) wide walkway each side.
Construction
Construction was done by Chang Loon Construction Co., Ltd., a Malaysian contractor which won the bidding-held meanwhile in both countries on 25 September 1970. The ask price was M$630,000 or 4,500,000 baht. A contract was signed on 16 December 1970. Both governments paid half each. Since the construction was finished on 20 March 1973, after the deadline of 15 June 1972, the company had to pay overtime penalty M$200 or 1,400 baht a day, totalling M$36,000 or 252,000 baht.
See also
References
- ^ "Friendship Bridge Linking Thailand and Malaysia". Thai Public Relations Department. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ (in Thai) Department of Highways, Thailand Archived 10 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Construction of additional bridge between Malaysia, Thailand to start next year". Bernama. Astro Awani. 26 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.