Friendship Bridge II (Mukdahan – Savannakhet)

Friendship Bridge II (Mukdahan – Savannakhet)

Mukdahan, Thailand – Savannakhet, Lao PDR

Department of Highways (DOH) and Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

2,400 million Baht

July 2002 – April 2003

• The bridge structure consists of prestress concrete box girders.
• The foundations are made up of bore piles each one being two meters in diameter.
• The lengths of the bridge abutments are 60 meters, 80 meters and 110 meters. The 110-meter abutments are the PC Sail Types, which resembles a wai.
• The main bridge is a two-lane roadway; each lane is 4.25 meters in width with a further 1.50-meter wide sidewalk.
• The two-lane connecting road on the Laotian side is 1,864 meters long and ends at Route 9.
• The four-lane connecting road on the Thai side is 520 meters long and ends at Highway 212.
• There are two 110-meter wide navigation channels integrated into the bridge allowing clearance for vessels traveling on the Mekong River.
• Border Control Facilities are on Thailand side and Lao PDR side

Detailed design and construction supervision.