Editing Mekong (section)

==Bridges==
{{see also|List of crossings of the Mekong River}}
[[File:Kizuna Bridge 2020.jpg|thumb|Kizuna Bridge cross Mekong at Kampong Cham]]
Construction of Myanmar–Laos Friendship Bridge started on 19 February 2013. The bridge will be {{cvt|691.6|m}} long and have an {{cvt|8.5|m|adj=on}} wide two-lane motorway.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-02/19/c_132177630.htm |title=Myanmar, Laos start building Mekong River friendship bridge - Xinhua &#124; English.news.cn |access-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225054526/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-02/19/c_132177630.htm |archive-date=25 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge]] connects [[Nong Khai]] city with [[Vientiane]] in Laos. The {{cvt|1170|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge opened on 8 April 1994. It has two {{cvt|3.5|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} lanes with a single railway line in the middle. On 20 March 2004, the Thai and Lao governments agreed to extend the railway to Tha Nalaeng in Laos. This extension has since been completed.

The [[Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge]] connects [[Mukdahan]] to [[Savannakhet]]. The two-lane, {{cvt|12|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}}, {{cvt|1600|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge opened to the public on 9 January 2007.

The [[Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge]] opened for traffic on 11 November 2011, connecting [[Nakhon Phanom Province]] (Thailand) and [[Thakhek]] (Laos), as part of [[Asian Highway 3]]. The Chinese and Thai governments agreed to build the bridge and share the estimated US$33 million cost.

[[File:西双版纳大桥3208.jpg|thumb|Bridge and river port in [[Jinghong]], China]]

The [[Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge]] opened to traffic on 11 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeConten_Ceremony.htm |title=vientianetimes.org |access-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229225059/http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeConten_Ceremony.htm |archive-date=29 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It links [[Chiang Rai Province]], Thailand with [[Ban Houayxay]], Laos.

There is one bridge over the Mekong entirely within Laos. Unlike the Friendship Bridges, it is not a border crossing. It is at [[Pakse]] in [[Champasak Province]]. It is {{cvt|1380|m|ft|0|sp=us}} long, and was completed in 2000. {{coord|15|6|19.95|N|105|48|49.51|E|type:waterbody_region:LA|name=Pakxe}}).

The [[Kizuna bridge|Kizuna Bridge]] is in [[Cambodia]], in the city of [[Kampong Cham (city)|Kampong Cham]], on the road linking Phnom Penh with the remote provinces of [[Ratanakiri]] and [[Mondolkiri]], and Laos. The bridge opened for traffic on 11 December 2001.

The [[Prek Tamak Bridge]], {{cvt|40|km}} north of Phnom Penh opened in 2010.

Phnom Penh itself has no bridge under construction yet, although two new bridges have recently opened on the Tonle Sap, and the main bridge on the highway to Ho Chi Minh was duplicated in 2010.

[[Neak Loeung Bridge|Another new bridge]] was built at [[Neak Leung]] on the Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh [[National Highway 1 (Cambodia)|Highway 1]] with Japanese government assistance, and opened in 2015.

In [[Vietnam]], the [[Mỹ Thuận Bridge]] was opened in 2000, crossing the first channel—the left, main branch of the Mekong, the Sông Tiền or Tiền Giang—near [[Vĩnh Long]]. Since 2008, the [[Rạch Miễu Bridge]] crosses it near Mỹ Tho, between the provinces of Tiền Giang and Bến Tre.

[[Cần Thơ Bridge]] crosses the second channel—the right, main distributary of the Mekong, the Bassac (Song Hau). Inaugurated in 2010, it is the [[List of largest cable-stayed bridges|longest main span]] cable-stayed bridge in Southeast Asia.