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Southeast Asia, Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi
Death Railway bridge over the Khwae Yai
Riverbank Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea potteryAlso reported: eyes-only: the 1943 steel spans, museum collections of railway relics, war cemetery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
The surviving steel bridge of the Burma Railway, built by Allied POWs in 1943, bombed, repaired and still carrying trains; some 12,000 POWs and over 90,000 Asian civilians died on the line
Wikipedia documents the two 1943 bridges, wartime bombing and the repaired steel bridge in use today
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Live trains cross the bridge while visitors are on the walkways
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.