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Mon bridge billboards ordered removed
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/02/2015
» KANCHANABURI — Provincial authorities have ordered the third-ranked mobile operator True Move to remove two billboards installed near Saphan Mon, the country’s longest wooden bridge, after public complaints that they ruined the landscape.
Hey governor, mind your own bridge-ness
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/09/2014
» The Uttamanusorn Bridge, better known as Saphan Mon, was built almost 30 years ago by the people, for the people of Ban Wangka, a Mon village in Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi. The bridge is the most popular tourist landmark in the district. It has been on the public’s radar since it was partially destroyed in July last year.
Locals chafe at bridge compo deal
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/09/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will be asked to review a decision by the Kanchanaburi provincial authority to compensate a contractor who failed to repair Saphan Mon, the country’s longest wooden bridge, in the province's Sangkhla Buri district.
Bridge saga shows public still left out
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/09/2014
» When the country's longest wooden bridge in Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district collapsed last year from torrential rains, the locals who had built the bridge wanted to fix it themselves. No, said the governor.
Locals set to fix bridge after dispute
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/09/2014
» Thai and Mon locals in Kanchanaburi have pledged to fix the country's longest wooden bridge themselves after a contractor's attempts to repair the structure ended in failure.
What's new in business news: July 28, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/07/2014
» Repair delays for collapsed Mon bridge in Kanchanaburi, Nong-khai high-speed train to connect to Lao high-speed train built by China & track repair continues after tourist express falls off tracks.
A year after collapse, fully repaired Saphan Mon remains a bridge too far
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 28/07/2014
» A year after its midsection fell into a river below, Thailand’s longest wooden bridge remains far from reopening.
A bridge too far in Kanchanaburi
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 22/03/2014
» More than seven months have passed since the famous Saphan Mon wooden bridge in Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhla Buri district collapsed last July.
Saphan Mon salvage operation suspended
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2013
» A salvage team temporarily called off an operation to retrieve a collapsed section of the Kanchanburi's famous Saphan Mon bridge yesterday because of strong river currents.
Collapsed bridge salvage called off
Published on 10/10/2013
» KANCHANABURI - An operation to salvage the submerged pieces of the collapsed section of Kanchanaburi's famous Uttamanusorn Bridge, the country’s longest wooden bridge, was called off on Thursday because of turbulence in the Song Ka Lia River.