# Saphan Hok

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Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand

Saphan Hok สะพานหก Coordinates 13°44′53.81″N 100°29′46.56″E / 13.7482806°N 100.4962667°E / 13.7482806; 100.4962667 Crosses Khlong Khu Mueang Doem (Khlong Lot) Locale Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang and Wang Burapha Phirom Sub-Districts, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand Other name Lifting Bridge Maintained by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Location Interactive map of Saphan Hok

**Saphan Hok** ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): สะพานหก, pronounced [\[sā.pʰāːn hòk\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai)) is a bridge over the old city moat, or [Khlong Khu Mueang Doem](/source/Khlong_Khu_Mueang_Doem), in Bangkok's [Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang](/source/Phra_Borom_Maha_Ratchawang) and [Wang Burapha Phirom sub-districts](/source/Wang_Burapha_Phirom_Subdistrict), [Phra Nakhon District](/source/Phra_Nakhon_District), with its west end directly in front of the entrance to [Saranrom Park](/source/Saranrom_Park).

The name Saphan Hok translates as "tipping bridge", a type of [drawbridge](/source/Drawbridge) that can be lifted to allow [boats](/source/Boat) to pass. The original was a wooden structure modeled after similar bridges in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). In the early [Rattanakosin period](/source/Rattanakosin_period), there were eight such bridges in Bangkok, both on the Phra Nakhon (Bangkok core) and [Thonburi](/source/Thonburi) sides. Today, only this one remains.

During the reign of King [Chulalongkorn](/source/Chulalongkorn) (Rama V), the bridge was replaced with a reinforced concrete structure to accommodate [trams](/source/Trams_in_Bangkok). 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](/source/Pedestrian_bridge). The reconstruction was based on photographic documentation from the period.[1][2]

## See also

- [Saphan Han](/source/Saphan_Han)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Num Lukthung (2009-11-17). ["รำลึก"เวนิสตะวันออก" ริมคลองคูเมืองเดิม"](https://www.manager.co.th/Travel/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000138995%20) [Commemoration of "Oriental Venice" by Khlong Khu Mueang Doem]. *[ASTV Manager](/source/ASTV_Manager)* (in Thai). Retrieved 2018-04-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["สะพานหก (The Hoke Bridge)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181001224626/http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/ratanagosin/bridge-hoke.htm) [Saphan Hok]. *Rattanakosin Island Information Center* (in Thai). Archived from [the original](http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/ratanagosin/bridge-hoke.htm) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-04-08.

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