Sittoung Bridge
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Sittoung Bridge is a bridge in the Mon State
Mon State
Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is sandwiched between Kayin State on the east, the Andaman Sea on the west, Bago Region on the north and Tanintharyi Region on the south, and has a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is...

 of Burma. The steel bridge links Mon State with the Bago Division
Bago Division
Bago Region is an administrative region of Burma, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to the north; Kayin State, Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east; Yangon Region to the south and Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State...

 and is 2392.7 feet long, with a capacity of 60 tonnes.
It was built to replace the old 45 year old bridge that formally stood there. The bridge was instructed and inspected by Lieutenant General Maung Bo.

The bridge was established as part of various other infrastructural projects (Attaran Bridge
Attaran Bridge
Attaran Bridge is a bridge in the township of Mawlamyine, in the Mon State of Burma. The bridge is suspended by steel cable with a reinforced concrete foundation. It is 1,420 feet long and 24 feet wide and was reported to have cost K 580.6 million...

, Kataik Dam
Kataik Dam
Kataik Dam is a dam in Paung Township, Thaton District, Mon State, Burma. It was completed in 2007 and became the 198th dam in Burma and the 10th in Mon State, opening on May 1...

Project etc) occurring regionally in Mon State to develop socio-economically.
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