bridgeNawarat Bridge
สะพานนวรัฐ · Saphan Nawarat
Teak about 1890, steel 1923 after the teak burned, concrete 1967. The gauge that read 5.30 m is on it.
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What it is
The bridge at the foot of Tha Phae Road, named for Chao Kaew Nawarat, the last ruler. A teak bridge about 1890; a steel one begun 1921 after the wooden one burned and opened 1923; the present reinforced-concrete bridge completed 1967 and opened 26 December that year. The Ping gauge P.1 is here, and it read 5.30 m at noon on 5 October 2024.
Connected to
- Chao Kaew Nawarat Who it is named for.
- Tha Phae Road What it carries.
- Road bridges over the Ping, counted Counted with the rest.
- ขัว khua The word.
Named here by
- Tha Phae Road Its foot.
- Khua Lek, the Iron Bridge Its neighbour upstream.
- 1796–1900 — Kawila's rebuilding The first bridge.
- Road bridges over the Ping, counted The one with the gauge.
- The day the river came up Tha Phae The gauge.
- Chao Kaew Nawarat Named for him.
- The Ping The gauge is on it.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | สะพานนวรัฐ — Wikipedia (th) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated |
Sources
- สะพานนวรัฐ — Wikipedia (th)
- น้ำปิง 5.30 เมตร 5 ต.ค. 2567 — Prachatai
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there