Tha Pai Bridge((Other names include “the Bridge over the River Pai”, “The World War 2 Memorial Bridge”, “The Old Iron Bridge at Pai”, etc. ท่าผา, ie, Tha Pai, (both per RTSD map 4647 I) is the name of the village at the southeast end of the bridge .))
As noted in the banner at the top of the page((
)), the bridge over the River Pai1 is often, but erroneously, presented as built by the Imperial Japanese Army (I J A) during WWII.
Preliminary information by the author about the Tha Pai Bridge2 is currently available at The Pai Bridge.
The photo below is taken from a detailed examination of the Pai bridge which will be included here at a future time: in the photo is the name of one of the steel manufacturers for the Bailey Bridge which forms the northerly-most span of the Pai bridge. It is presented at this time to complete a reference from the San Khayom bridge, which has steel from the same manufacturer:3
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Last Updated on 29 February 2024
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- Map is extracted from แผนที่ทางหลวงประเทสไทย Scale 1:1,600,000 (กรุงเทพมหานคร:กรมทางหลวง, 2009) [Road Map of Thailand, Scale 1:1,600,000 (Bangkok: Department of Public Highways, 2009)] (foldout map). Annotations are by author. Routes used by retreating IJA forces are here assumed to approximate currently existing roads. [↩]
- Extract from CIMG2482 of 11 Feb 2008; photo has been enhanced to improve legibility of manufacturer’s name. [↩]
