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The Rama VIII Bridge Project
The Rama VIII Bridge Project is one of the Four-directions Project initiated by His Majesty the King. In 1995, His Majesty recommended that one additional bridge be constructed across the Chao Phraya River from the Bang Yee Khan Distillery to Visutkasat Road, near the Bank of Thailand. The bridge was royally named the “Rama VIII Bridge” in memory of King Ananda Mahidol, the Eighth King of the Royal House of Chakri. The bridge construction well mirrors His Majesty's concern towards the traffic congestion problems on the Somdej Phra Pinklao Bridge that will increasingly provoke more difficulty on traffic congestion in the future. Moreover, the project also completed the missing linkage between Phra Nakhon side and Thon Buri side where traffic congestion prevailed. It benefits the eastern part of Bangkok, particularly inner Bangkok around Rajdamnern Klang Avenue which links with Thon Buri side via the Somdej Phra Pinklao Bridge and Charansanitwong Road, another main route of Thon Buri side with traffic congestion problem.