The Kyungon Bridge is a bridge on the Wakema

Wakema

Wakema is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Wakema Township in the Myaungmya District. It is home to the Government Technological Institute, Wakema . Wakema is also the hometown of Sayadaw U Pannya Vamsa, a notable Buddhist missionary....

–Kyungon

Kyungon, Wakema

Kyungon is a village in Wakema Township, Myaungmya District, in the Ayeyarwady Region of northcentral Burma . Kyungon is on the left bank of the Pyamalaw River across from the village of Kwinbauk....

–Myinkaseik–Pathein

Pathein

Pathein , also called Bassein, is a port city with a 2004 population estimated at 215,600, and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Burma. It lies on the Pathein River , which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River....

 Road across the Pyamalaw River between Wakema Township

Wakema Township

Wakema Township is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The township is connected to the Einme Township across the Kyungon Bridge on the Pyanmalot River....

 and Einme Township

Einme Township

Einme Township is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The area is believed to be where the Battle of Naungyo took place in 1539....

 in Ayeyawady Region of Burma (Myanmar). The one-way bridge is a Bailey

Bailey bridge

The Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed by the British during World War II for military use and saw extensive use by both British and the American military engineering units....

 suspension bridge with a span of 500 feet (152.4 m) but only 14 feet (4.3 m) wide.

Using the Kyungon Bridge to travel from Wakema to Pathein, it is only 55.4 miles (89 km) and thus is the shortest route from Wakema to Pathein. The route through Kangalay is 92 miles (148.1 km) long and the route through Einme

Einme

Einme is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Einme Township in the Myaungmya District....

is 86 miles (138.4 km) long. The bridge was opened on 25 October 2009.