Death Railway viaduct
Death Railway viaduct is a bridge in Tha Makham, Mueang Kanchanaburi. Death Railway viaduct is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Phra Phothisat Kuan Im, as well as near the pitch Felix River Kwai Tennis Courts.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bridge in Thailand
- Also known as: “Bridge on river Kwai”, “River Kwai bridge”, and “สะพานแควใหญ่”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Death Railway Museum and Research Centre and Kanchanaburi railway station.
Death Railway Museum and Research Centre
Museum
Photo: Gasson nz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and run by Rod Beattie, an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway. Death Railway Museum and Research Centre is situated 2½ km east of Death Railway viaduct.
Kanchanaburi railway station
Railway station
Photo: シャムネコ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanchanaburi railway station is a main railway station of province of Kanchanaburi located in Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi City, Thailand. It is a class 1 railway station located 117.046 km from Thon Buri railway station, and 77 km away from the Nam Tok railway station, the terminal station. Kanchanaburi railway station is situated 2½ km east of Death Railway viaduct.
The JEATH War Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The JEATH War Museum are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways. The JEATH War Museum is situated 4 km southeast of Death Railway viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanchanaburi.
Kanchanaburi
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanchanaburi is a town municipality in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The town of lies to the southeast of Erawan National Park within Kanchanaburi Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok.
Death Railway viaduct
- Categories: railway bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Tha Makham, Mueang Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.04041° or 14° 2′ 26″ northLongitude
99.50346° or 99° 30′ 13″ eastOpen location code
7M6X2GR3+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 965057705OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historicOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2282230
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Thai—“Death Railway viaduct” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռիվեր Քվայ կամուրջ”
- Chinese: “桂河大桥”
- Chinese: “桂河大橋”
- Chinese: “桂河鐵路橋”
- Dutch: “Brug over de Kwai”
- Dutch: “Brug over de rivier de Kwai”
- French: “pont sur la rivière Kwaï”
- French: “Pont sur la rivière Kwaï”
- French: “pont sur le Kwaï”
- German: “Brücke über den Kwai”
- German: “Brücke über den River Kwai”
- Japanese: “クウェー川鉄橋”
- Korean: “콰이강 다리”
- Spanish: “Puente sobre el rio Kwai”
- Spanish: “puente sobre el río Kwai”
- Spanish: “Puente sobre el río Kwai”
- Thai: “สะพานข้ามแม่น้ำแคว”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Phra Phothisat Kuan Im and River Kwai Bridge.
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