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Placard for the mini-marathon held on the bridge earlier in the morning.
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) One the elevated road heading up to the bridge: Samsen Road looking south towards New World Department Store in Banglamphu |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Approaching the bridge from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Looking south toward Pin Klao Bridge |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Looking north. The railing design has an art deco-ish appearance. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Heading across the bridge |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Approaching the Thonburi side. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) The tower. Notice the single, centered cables that come out the Thonburi side of the tower. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Directly under the tower. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) A workman standing in an access door for the tower. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Looking back to the Bangkok side. The cables appear to rise directly up and create a strange sense of vertigo. |
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Left: One of two unfinished ornamental pillars (?) on the Thonburi side. The pedestrian stairway wraps around it and it looks like it could contain an elevator. Right: The cables coming down in the center of the road on the Thonburi side. |
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 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) The side of the bridge looking back towards Bangkok. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) The bridge roadway heading toward Thonburi. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) Waterfront park area under construction on the Thonburi side |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) The cables appear to be wrapped with some kind of yellow PVC covering. |
 (Photo: 2Bangkok.com) A cable attached to the bridge decking |
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