INDUSTRIAL RING ROAD BRIDGES, BANGKOK
Colloquially known as the ‘Mega Bridges’, the IRR Bridges connect the industrial area of Samut Prakan with the Port of Bangkok. Two cable stayed bridges cross a looping meander of the Chao Phraya River connected by a high-level viaduct. The overall length of the two crossings together with three elevated approaches is approx. 5km.
- Employer: Public Works Department; Ministry of the Interior.
- Engineer: Epsilon/Norconsult Civil Engineering/Mott MacDonald/Jean Muller
- Contractor: Taisei Corp; Nishimatsu; NKK ; Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Co.
