Goteik Viaduct

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Goteik Viaduct is a historic and spectacular steel railway trestle bridge in Myanmar, famed for its dramatic height and scenic gorge crossing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway bridge
steel trestle bridge
viaduct
alsoKnownAs Gokteik Bridge NERFINISHED
Gokteik Viaduct NERFINISHED
builtBy Pennsylvania and Maryland Bridge Construction Company NERFINISHED
builtDuring British colonial period
constructionEndDate 1900
constructionStartDate 1899
country Myanmar
crosses Gokteik Creek NERFINISHED
Gokteik Gorge NERFINISHED
designedBy Sir Arthur U. Chappell NERFINISHED
gauge metre gauge
hasFeature curved approach
deep valley crossing
hasView forested cliffs
mountainous landscape
waterfalls
height approximately 102 m
heritageStatus historic bridge
knownFor dramatic height
engineering significance
scenic gorge crossing
length 689 m
locatedIn Shan State NERFINISHED
between Pyin Oo Lwin and Lashio
locatedInValley Gokteik Gorge NERFINISHED
locatedNear Naungcho NERFINISHED
Pyin Oo Lwin NERFINISHED
material steel
numberOfSpans 15
numberOfTrestleTowers 10 GENERATED
openingDate 1900
operator Myanma Railways NERFINISHED
partOf Myanmar railway network NERFINISHED
purpose rail transport
railwayLine Mandalay–Lashio railway NERFINISHED
region eastern Myanmar NERFINISHED
status in use
structureType steel lattice trestle
tourism popular rail attraction
trackCount single track

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Pyin Oo Lwin near Goteik Viaduct