{{Infobox bridge | bridge_name = Neak Loeung Bridge | native_name = {{lang|km|ស្ពានអ្នកលឿង}} (''Spean Neak Loeung'') | native_name_lang = km | image = Neak Loeung Bridge April 2015.jpg | image_size = | alt = Bridge seen from a distance with a field in the foreground. | caption = The finished bridge in 2015 | coordinates = {{coord|11.27611|105.27915|display=inline}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@11.2760039,105.279802,15.76z?hl=en|title=Neak Loeung, Cambodia|website=Google Maps|accessdate=26 December 2017}}</ref> | official_name = | other_name = | carries = Highway 1 | crosses = Mekong River | locale = Neak Loeung | owner = | maint = | id = | id_type = | website = | architect = | designer = | engineering = | winner = | contracted_designer = | design = | material = | length = 2215 m | width = | height = 130m | mainspan = 320 m | spans = | pierswater = | load = | clearance = | below = 37.5m | life = | builder = | fabricator = | begin = February 12, 2011<ref name="cnv">{{cite web |url=http://cnv.org.kh/?p=1022 |title=Address at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Construction of the Neak Loeung Bridge, a Grant Aid Provided by the Government of Japan |date=12 February 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> | complete = | cost = | open = April 6, 2015 <ref>[http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/519635/cambodia-opens-japan-funded-bridge-across-mekong Cambodia opens Japan-funded bridge across Mekong]</ref> | inaugurated = | named_for = | toll = | traffic = | preceded = | followed = | heritage = | collapsed = | closed = | replaces = Ferry | extra = | references = }}
'''Tsubasa Bridge''' ({{langx|km|ស្ពានត្សឹបាសា}}), also known as '''Neak Loeung Bridge''' ({{lang|km|ស្ពានអ្នកលឿង}}), links Kandal Province with the town of Neak Loeung, Prey Veng Province in Cambodia, on the heavily travelled Highway 1 between Phnom Penh, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
== Construction == This 2.2 km cable-stayed bridge eliminated a ferry crossing and is the longest bridge across the Mekong River in Cambodia,<ref>{{cite news | last = Taing | first = Vida | date = December 27, 2014 | title = A river spanned | url = http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/river-spanned | newspaper = The Phnom Penh Post | location = Phnom Penh, Cambodia | accessdate = January 1, 2015}}</ref> 300 metres longer than its nearest rival, the Koh Kong Bridge. The project includes the main cable-stayed section totalling 640m, two composite girder approach sections of 900m and 675m, and approach embankments totalling 3.1 km.<ref name="unescap">{{cite web|last1=Hong|first1=Sinara|title=Asian Highway Status and its Implementation in Cambodia|url=http://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Cambodia_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Public Works and Transport|accessdate=26 December 2017|pages=9, 10}}</ref>
The inauguration ceremony to begin construction occurred on February 12, 2011.<ref name="cnv" /> The bridge opened to traffic in April 2015. It was funded and built by a Japanese government donation (Cambodia's third Japanese donated bridge) and its image appears on the new 500 riel note.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/14/national/japan-funded-bridges-appear-on-new-cambodian-money/|title=Japan-funded bridges appear on new Cambodian money|date=14 January 2015|publisher=|accessdate=29 August 2018|via=Japan Times Online}}</ref> The bridge is part of a larger programme of works to improve connectivity along Asian Highway 1 from Thailand to Vietnam.<ref name="unescap" />
==Images== <gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="5"> File:Neak_Loeung_Bridge_(Tsubasa_Bridge).jpg|Neak Loeung Bridge or Tsubasa Bridge File:Neak_Loeung_Bridge_November_2021.jpg|Tsubasa Bridge </gallery>
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==External links== {{commons category|position=left}} {{Cable-stayed bridges in Southeast Asia}} {{-}}
Category:Bridges over the Mekong River Category:Cable-stayed bridges Category:Road bridges in Cambodia Category:Buildings and structures in Kandal province Category:Buildings and structures in Prey Veng province Category:Bridges completed in 2015 Category:2015 establishments in Cambodia Category:Cambodia–Japan relations