The new Mae Kuang, Chiang Mai, suspension bridge

[KTMphil]

Not often a huge new suspension bridge that pops up so close to the city of Chiang Mai. Some discussions with Lone Rider & he discovered where it was and went to visit it.


LR's photo below. It has become a major tourist attraction for the Thai's


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[Lone Rider]

Thanks but the credit should go to you as you provided the picture which gave me a hint where I should look for it.

 

[KTMphil]

Thanks but the credit should go to you as you provided the picture which gave me a hint where I should look for it.

From some Thai friends (hope they caught something)

 

[Lone Rider]

A few more pictures of the bridge and tourists visiting it - quite a few people but that might be because of the long weekend:

 

[KTMphil]

A break in the rain and week day without all the locals was a good day to head to the Mae Kuang Suspension Bridge


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[KTMphil]

In all its beauty


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A little bit of hard packed dirt both sides



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Still a few sightseers around


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Beautiful bridge


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As wide angle as you can get


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From the distance


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[KTMphil]

A couple more photo's


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Hard packed dirt


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On R 1001 it brings you out near the Buatong waterfall, unfortunately they are woring on the waterfall access road


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A quick look at the waterfall (sticky waterfall Chiang Mai)


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The whole waterfall area is under construction. Looks like the won't be a free waterfall for much longer


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[el jefe]

We've been exploring (by bicycle) both sides of the bridge for months, waiting for them to finish. I had no idea that the rest of the world found out about it. Thanks for the info about why the "Bridge to Nowhere" exists. I wish I had known about the road works to Sticky Falls sooner, before I went last week.

 

[KTMphil]

Auke did some more research:

"Did some more searching and what you see in this picture seems to be part of the Mae Kuang to Mae Ngat irrigation diversion project - boring a 25.4 km. long tunnel with a diameter of 4 meter to channel water from one reservoir to another reservoir - a 5 year project according to Chiangmai Citylife Chiang Mai "

 

[KTMphil]

One from my Thai chappy on his day off

 

[KTMphil]

The water transfer pipes being laid from the Mae Ngat Sombun Chon Reservoir south to the Mae Kuang Reservoir



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Auke did some more research:

"Did some more searching and what you see in this picture seems to be part of the Mae Kuang to Mae Ngat irrigation diversion project - boring a 25.4 km. long tunnel with a diameter of 4 meter to channel water from one reservoir to another reservoir - a 5 year project according to Chiangmai Citylife Chiang Mai "

 

[Lone Rider]

Not sure what is happening at the site of the Mae Kuang suspension bridge but they are working on a second bridge right next to the bridge which was finished a few months ago. The new bridge, just like the other new bridge, will be 3 meters wide and 166 meters long. I talked with one of the locals who lives nearby and he indicated the bridges would be open for small cars once both are finished. Just some pictures of the bridge under construction:





Quite some time ago I managed to get to the top of the hill located in between the two dams of the Mae Kuang Reservoir - not easy as the track up was overgrown. At the top there were some buildings which might have been living quarters or offices but which at that time had been abandoned. This time no luck to go there as the access road has been blocked by gates with big padlocks - so just a few pictures of my previous visit some 10 years ago


The gate was locked just west of the restaurant in the Mae Kuang reservoir




The track was quite a bit overgrown


Tremendous views from up there




Abandoned buildings on the top