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Visit River Kwai Bridge (Kanchanaburi)

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River Kwai Bridge

Thai name : สะพานข้ามแม่น้ำแคว

GPS : 14.040735,99.503582 (See on the map)

Presentation

Also called Death Railway Bridge and subject of a movie, this bridge and the railway line that takes it have a heavy history. During World War II between 1942 and 1943, under the yoke of Japanese, thousands of prisoners were killed at work while building the section of railway track that should link Bangkok to Burma.