What is the name of the first bridge to cross the Mekong River in Laos? Who built it? Why?

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aielliot
Apr 11, 2018

The First Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge.

Explanation:

Near Vientiane, Laos. Funded by Australia and engineered and built by Australian firms to demonstrate their ability to do major infrastructure projects in South East Asia. The Bridge opened in 1994.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%E2%80%93Lao_Friendship_Bridge

Called the "first" after a second one was built.

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