The Neak Loeung Bridge, also called the Tsubasa Bridge, crosses the Mekong River at Neak Loeung in Cambodia. It links Kandal and Prey Veng provinces on Highway 1 and replaced a ferry crossing. Japanese government grant aid paid for it. Construction started on February 12, 2011, and it opened in April 2015.
It is a cable-stayed bridge with composite girder approaches. The total length is 7,267 feet (2,215 meters), including a 2,100 feet (640 meters) cable-stayed section, and the longest span is 1,050 feet (320 meters). The height is 427 feet (130 meters), and the clearance below is 123 feet (37.5 meters). Approach embankments run 3.1 kilometers (1.9 miles).
It is the longest Mekong crossing in Cambodia, about 984 feet (300 meters) longer than the Koh Kong Bridge. Its image appears on the new 500 riel note. It forms part of work to improve Asian Highway 1 from Thailand to Vietnam.
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