DRILLING of bored piles at Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge project has completed 90 per cent at the side of Dala Township and 85 per cent at opposite river bank in downtown Yangon.
The bridge will link Bongyi Road in Lanmadaw Township and Bominyaung Road of Dala Township.
Deputy Director-General from the Bridge Management Department U Kyaw Kaung Cho said, “Our department has drilled the ground for 104 bored piles out of 117 at the side of Dala, and 50 out of 58 at the side of Yangon. He added 7 per cent of the construction has been completed at the project. At the completion, the four-lane reinforced structure bridge with steel suspensions will have 1,867 metre in length, 26.5 meter in width for the maximum loading capacity of 75 tons.
The project is implemented by US$157.83 million loan from South Korea and $30.34 million of Myanmar government. The construction project was begun in May 2019 and is expected to complete in October 2022.

MNA
(Translated by Aung Khin)
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar