Krungthep Bridge

{{Short description|Bascule bridge in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{No footnotes|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Krungthep Bridge |native_name = สะพานกรุงเทพ |image = 0008871 - Krung Thep Bridge 007.jpg |caption = Krungthep Bridge in 2017, shown here opening for mine countermeasures support ship HTMS ''Thalang'' |official_name = |carries = Four lanes of roadway, pedestrians |crosses = [[Chao Phraya River]] |locale = [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |maint = |id = |design = [[Bascule bridge]], [[Truss bridge]] |mainspan = 64 m |length = 626.25 m |width = |height = |load = |clearance = 7.5 m |below = |traffic = |begin = 31 August 1954 |complete = 24 March 1959 |open = 25 June 1959 |closed = |toll = |map_cue = |map_image = |map_text = |map_width = |coordinates = |lat = |long = }}

The '''Krungthep Bridge''' ({{langx|th|สะพานกรุงเทพ}}, {{RTGS|''Saphan Krung Thep''}}, {{IPA|th|sā.pʰāːn krūŋ tʰêːp|pron}}) is a [[bascule bridge]] (drawbridge) spanning the [[Chao Phraya river]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It was the third bridge to be built across the Chao Phraya river. It was constructed by Fuji Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd, with a budget of 31,912,500 baht.

Heavy congestion on the bridge led to the construction of the 6-lane [[Rama III Bridge]] nearby.

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Krung Thep Bridge.jpg File:สะพานกรุงเทพ (Krung Thep Bridge) 1.jpg File:สะพานกรุงเทพ (Krung Thep Bridge)-Road View.jpg File:Krung Thep Bridge, Bangkok.jpg </gallery>

== References == *{{cite web|title=Krungthep Bridge |publisher=Bureau of Maintenance and Traffic Safety, Ministry of Transport, Thailand |url=http://www.roadmaintenance.thaigov.net/bridge_eng_ramaiii.html |access-date=2007-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528082501/http://www.roadmaintenance.thaigov.net/bridge_eng_ramaiii.html |archive-date=May 28, 2008 }}

{{Chao Phraya River bridges}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|13|42|4|N|100|29|30|E|type:landmark_region:TH|display=title}}

[[Category:Road bridges in Bangkok]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1959]] [[Category:Bascule bridges]] [[Category:Crossings of the Chao Phraya River]] [[Category:Unregistered ancient monuments in Bangkok]] [[Category:Truss bridges in Thailand]]