It
has
a length of 350.8 meters and
opened on 25 June 1959 after 5
years of construction. At the time it was the second bridge built over the Chao Phraya
River
in
Bangkok, after the
Krung Thon Bridge (fig.).
Heavy congestion on the bridge led to the construction of the additional,
concrete and higher,
New Krung Thep Bridge, being built in 1996. It was built adjacently and is also
known as
Rama III
Bridge,
named after the road to which it connects.
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