Chalerm Sawan 58 Bridge
| Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 13°45′38″N 100°29′30″E / 13.76056°N 100.49167°E |
| Crosses | Khlong Khu Mueang Doem |
| Locale | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Official name | Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge |
| History | |
| Opened | 23 October 1912 |
| Closed | 15 July 1971 |
The Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge (Thai: สะพานเฉลิมสวรรค์ ๕๘) was a bridge crossing the northern end of Khlong Khu Mueang Doem (Thai: คลองคูเมืองเดิม)), or old moat, in Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. The bridge, built in the axis of Phra Athit Road (Thai: ถนนพระอาทิตย์), was opened on 23 October 1912 by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), two years after his father's death, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). Last structure to be built of the Chaloem Bridges Series, which numbered seventeen, it "was dedicated to King Rama V by King Rama VI on his father's 58th birthday".
The trams of the City Circle Line used to cross the bridge linking the Phra Athit Road (Thai: ถนนพระอาทิตย์) with the Ratchini Road until 23 December 1963 when the line was cut between the Bangkok National Museum and Baan Maliwan (now the offices of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation).
It was dismantled in 1971 when the Phra Pinklao bridge was built at that spot. At that time, the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) and the Society for Conservation (SCONTE) called for the conservation of the structure to the Bangkok Municipality who "agreed to re-erect the bridge at an appropriate place". Part of the bridge structure was rebuilt in Lumphini Park.
Chao Phraya River, as seen from the Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge
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