{{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = |native_name = สะพานหก |image = สะพานหก Saphan Hok Bridge (October 2021) - img 01.jpg |caption = |official_name = |also_known_as = Lifting Bridge |carries = |crosses = [[Khlong Khu Mueang Doem]] ([[Khlong Lot]]) |locale = [[Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang Subdistrict|Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang]] and [[Khwaeng Wang Burapha Phirom|Wang Burapha Phirom]] Sub-Districts, [[Phra Nakhon]] District, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |maint = [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] (BMA) |design = |mainspan = |length = |width = | material = | architect = |clearance = |below = |traffic = |open = |closed = |toll = |map_cue = |map_image = |map_text = |map_width = |coordinates = {{coord|13|44|53.81|N|100|29|46.56|E|type:adm3rd_region:TH-10|display=inline,title}}
|lat = |long = }} '''Saphan Hok''' ({{langx|th|สะพานหก}}, {{IPA|th|sā.pʰāːn hòk|pron}}) is a bridge over the old city moat, or [[Khlong Khu Mueang Doem]], in Bangkok's [[Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang]] and [[Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict|Wang Burapha Phirom sub-district]]s, [[Phra Nakhon District]], with its west end directly in front of the entrance to [[Saranrom Park]].
The name Saphan Hok translates as "tipping bridge", a type of [[drawbridge]] that can be lifted to allow [[boat]]s to pass. The original was a wooden structure modeled after similar bridges in the [[Netherlands]]. In the early [[Rattanakosin period]], there were eight such bridges in Bangkok, both on the Phra Nakhon (Bangkok core) and [[Thonburi]] sides. Today, only this one remains.
During the reign of King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V), the bridge was replaced with a reinforced concrete structure to accommodate [[Trams in Bangkok|tram]]s. Its base was modified to include steps, a design that still remains.
In 1982, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Rattanakosin era, Saphan Hok was restored as a [[pedestrian bridge]]. The reconstruction was based on photographic documentation from the period.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manager.co.th/Travel/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000138995%20|work=[[ASTV Manager]]|language=thai|author=Num Lukthung|date=2009-11-17|accessdate=2018-04-08|trans-title=Commemoration of "Oriental Venice" by Khlong Khu Mueang Doem|title=รำลึก"เวนิสตะวันออก" ริมคลองคูเมืองเดิม}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/ratanagosin/bridge-hoke.htm|work=Rattanakosin Island Information Center|language=thai|author=|date=|accessdate=2018-04-08|title=สะพานหก (The Hoke Bridge)|trans-title=Saphan Hok|archive-date=2018-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001224626/http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/ratanagosin/bridge-hoke.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Saphan Han]] == References == {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Saphan Hok}} [[Category:Phra Nakhon district]] [[Category:Bridges in Bangkok]] [[category:Registered ancient monuments in Bangkok]]